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Introduction To Hadith

Hadith are teachings and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad that provide moral and spiritual guidance for Muslims. They are considered the second most authoritative source in Islam after the Quran. A hadith has two parts - the text of the saying and an isnad or chain of people who transmitted the saying to verify its authenticity. Early Muslims recognized the importance of verifying the chain of transmission of hadiths to determine their reliability since anyone could otherwise claim to report a saying.

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Introduction To Hadith

Hadith are teachings and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad that provide moral and spiritual guidance for Muslims. They are considered the second most authoritative source in Islam after the Quran. A hadith has two parts - the text of the saying and an isnad or chain of people who transmitted the saying to verify its authenticity. Early Muslims recognized the importance of verifying the chain of transmission of hadiths to determine their reliability since anyone could otherwise claim to report a saying.

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Hadith (teachings of the Prophet P.B.U.

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Introduction to Hadith
Hadith is a body of literature that comprises the sayings, teachings, behaviour etc. of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Muslims try to emulate the character of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in their daily lives and use the hadith as a key source to that end. The Qur'an together with hadith constitute the two most authoritative sources for moral, ethical and spiritual guidance. The Muslims are agreed that the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) is the second of the two revealed fundamental sources of Islam, after the Glorious Qur'an. The authentic Sunnah is contained within the vast body of Hadith literature. A hadith (pl. ahadith) is composed of two parts: the matn (text) and the isnad (chain of reporters). A text may seem to be logical and reasonable but it needs an authentic isnad with reliable reporters to be acceptable; 'Abdullah b. al-Mubarak (d. 181 AH), one of the illustrious teachers of Imam al-Bukhari, said, "The isnad is part of the religion: had it not been for the isnad, whoever wished to would have said whatever he liked." During the lifetime of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and after his death, his Companions (Sahabah) used to refer to him directly, when quoting his sayings. The Successors (Tabi'un) followed suit; some of them used to quote the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) through the Companions while others would omit the intermediate authority - such a hadith was later known as mursal. It was found that the missing link between the Successor and the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) might be one person, i.e. a Companion, or two people, the extra person being an older Successor who heard the hadith from the Companion. This is an example of how the need for the verification of each isnad arose; Imam Malik (d. 179) said, "The first one to utilise the isnad was Ibn Shihab al- Zuhri" (d. 124).

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