The importance of

AHADITH
Introduction

Parts of hadith
Classification of hadith

History

Difference between Sunnah and hadith

Importance of ahadith

How ahadith were preserved

Criticism on preservation of hadith

Conclusions
What is a hadith ?
Components of hadith

Classification of hadith.
 A hadith is a saying or narration of a
Prophet(S.A.W.W) speech ,deed, or
approval or disapproval-whether spoken
or tacit- about something.
 Hadith e qudsi (sacred)
 Hadith e marfu (elevated)
 Hadith e mauquf (stopped)
 Hadith e muqtu (severed)
 History
Passed down mostly by Oral means
Caliph Usman ibn Affan(the third khalifa (caliph).

No source directly survives

Islamic scholars of Abbasid period faced with

huge number of contradictions about Hadith.
 Great difference b/w Sunnah and Hadith
 Hadith doesn’t add anything to the contents of
Islam
 Word meaning of Hadith according to Islamic
scholars
 Sunnah literally means “busy path", "trodden
path", "beaten Path”
 Hadith can be inauthentic
 Sunnah is purely related to practical aspects of
Islam and is Independent Source of Islam
Compulsory for us to follow Prophet
(S.A.W.W) and his Ahadith
Few Quranic verses

Few stories/event’s happened to imam

bukhari
The prophet (s.a.w.w)and his position according to the
Quran.

Teaching of ahadith by the Prophet(s.a.w.w)

Measures taken by the Prophet (s.a.w.w) for the diffusion of

Sunnah

Sunnah received by the companions

Companions learning of ahadith

Recording of ahadith in the life of the Prophet (s.a.w.w)

Some misunderstandings about recording of ahadith

1) Chain System
2) Actual System
Beginning of criticism

Methodology/system of criticism
1. Comparison of hadith b/w different students of one scholar
2. Comparison b/w the statements of a single scholar at different time
3. Comparison b/w oral recitation and written documents
4. Comparison b/w hadith and related verses of Quran
 Chain of narration must be unbroken

 Every narrator in the chain must be of

acceptable righteousness and character

 Moral characteristics are not sufficient

 Chain and text must not contradict

 No chances of mistakes upon inspection

 Must follow Sunnah and Hadith
 Must consult and look for all the possible
solutions of problems faced in life in Sunnah
and Hadith.
 May Allah (SWT) change our mind and give us
taufeeq to learn our Deen and practice upon
the Sunnah and Hadith of His beloved Nabi
(S.A.W.W). (AMEEN)