Hadith and Sunnah

Hadiths refer to the sayings of the Messenger as we have

many books of hadiths.That which the Prophet said is the
Hadith and that which his final action and we are
commanded to do is the Sunnah.Some things are hadith
but they are not sunnah because your rejection is proven.
We can say that sunnah is special and hadith is general.
Hadith:The word hadith is derived from the Arabic root ḥ-d-th—signifying “to happen,”
“to occur,” or “to come to pass”—and encompasses a range of literal meanings, including
“conversation,” “discussion,” “speech,” and “small talk.” In English the term is translated
variously as “report,” “saying,” or “tradition.

Sunnah, (Arabic: “habitual practice”) also spelled Sunna, the body of traditional
social and legal custom and practice of the Islamic community. Along with the
Qurʾān (the holy book of Islam) and Hadith (recorded sayings of the Prophet
Muhammad),

The Literal Meaning

Literally, the words Hadith and Sunna have two distinct meanings.
Hadith: Any type of speech or spoken words. It comes from the root ha-da-tha
which has an overall theme of “being new”.
Sunna: Any kind of habitual practice, custom, or norm.
It is a major source of Sharīʿah, or Islamic law
 Hadith and Sunnah
The ‘sunnah’ refers to the traditions and practices of the Prophet Muhammad, which are
believed by Muslims to be a model for them to follow. The sunnah are documented in
the hadith, which are the records of Muhammad’s teachings, deeds, and sayings, as
noted by his companions. Alongside the Qur’an, these are the divine revelations (wahy)
which God delivered through Muhammad, constituting the main sources of Islamic
teachings and the basis for sharia (Islamic religious law). Compared with the Qur’an,
hadith give far greater detail about the practices which Muslims should adhere to in
their daily lives. Hadith usually have two sections: the ‘isnad’ (the chain of narrators
transmitting the report), and the ‘matn’ (the main text of the report)
 ‫ َسِم ْع ُت َر ُسوَل‬: ‫َع ْن َأِم يِر اْلُم ْؤ ِمِنيَن َأِبي َح ْفٍص ُع َم َر ْبِن اْلَخ َّطاِب َر ِض َي ُهللا َع ْنُه َقاَل‬
‫ َفَم ْن‬،‫ َو ِإَّنَم ا ِلُك ِّل اْم ِر ٍئ َم ا َنَو ى‬،‫ " إَّنَم ا اَأْلْع َم اُل ِبالِّنَّياِت‬: ‫ِهَّللا صلى هللا عليه وسلم َيُقوُل‬
‫ َو َم ْن َك اَنْت ِهْج َر ُتُه ِلُد ْنَيا‬،‫َك اَنْت ِهْج َر ُتُه إَلى ِهَّللا َو َر ُسوِلِه َفِهْج َر ُتُه إَلى ِهَّللا َو َر ُسوِلِه‬
‫"ُيِص يُبَها َأْو اْمَر َأٍة َيْنِكُح َها َفِهْج َر ُتُه إَلى َم ا َهاَجَر إَلْيِه‬.

• It is narrated on the authority of Amirul Mu'minin, Abu Hafs 'Umar

bin al-Khattab (ra) who said:
• I heard the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬say: "Actions are (judged) by
motives (niyyah), so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he
whose migration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration
is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some
worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration
is to that for which he migrated."
 ‫ َش ِد يُد‬،‫ إْذ َطَلَع َع َلْيَنا َر ُجٌل َش ِد يُد َبَياِض الِّثَياِب‬، ‫ " َبْيَنَم ا َنْح ُن ُج ُلوٌس ِع ْنَد َر ُسوِل ِهَّللا صلى هللا عليه و سلم َذ اَت َيْو ٍم‬: ‫َع ْن ُع َم َر َر ِض َي ُهللا َع ْنُه َأْيًضا َقاَل‬
‫ َوَو َض َع َك َّفْيِه َع َلى‬،‫ َفَأْسَنَد ُر ْك َبَتْيِه إَلى ُر ْك َبَتْيِه‬. ‫ َح َّتى َج َلَس إَلى الَّنِبِّي صلى هللا عليه و سلم‬. ‫ َو اَل َيْع ِر ُفُه ِم َّنا َأَح ٌد‬، ‫ اَل ُيَر ى َع َلْيِه َأَثُر الَّس َفِر‬، ‫َس َو اِد الَّش ْع ِر‬
‫ َو ُتِقيَم‬،‫ َفَقاَل َر ُسوُل ِهَّللا صلى هللا عليه و سلم اِإْل ْس اَل ُم َأْن َتْش َهَد َأْن اَل إَلَه إاَّل ُهَّللا َو َأَّن ُمَحَّم ًد ا َر ُسوُل ِهَّللا‬. ‫ َيا ُمَحَّم ُد َأْخ ِبْر ِني َع ْن اِإْل ْس اَل ِم‬: ‫ َو َقاَل‬،‫َفِخ َذ ْيِه‬
: ‫ َقاَل‬. ‫ َفَأْخ ِبْر ِني َع ْن اِإْل يَم اِن‬: ‫ َفَع ِج ْبَنا َلُه َيْس َأُلُه َو ُيَص ِّد ُقُه! َقاَل‬. ‫ َص َد ْقت‬: ‫ َقاَل‬. ‫ َو َتُحَّج اْلَبْيَت إْن اْسَتَطْعت إَلْيِه َس ِبياًل‬، ‫ َو َتُصوَم َر َم َض اَن‬،‫ َو ُتْؤ ِتَي الَّز َك اَة‬،‫الَّص اَل َة‬
،‫ َأْن َتْع ُبَد َهَّللا َك َأَّنك َتَر اُه‬: ‫ َقاَل‬. ‫ َفَأْخ ِبْر ِني َع ْن اِإْل ْح َس اِن‬: ‫ َقاَل‬.‫ َص َد ْقت‬: ‫ َقاَل‬.‫ َو ُتْؤ ِم َن ِباْلَقَد ِر َخْيِرِه َو َش ِّر ِه‬، ‫َأْن ُتْؤ ِم َن ِبَاِهَّلل َو َم اَل ِئَك ِتِه َو ُكُتِبِه َو ُرُس ِلِه َو اْلَيْو ِم اآْل ِخ ِر‬
‫ َو َأْن‬،‫ َأْن َتِلَد اَأْلَم ُة َر َّبَتَها‬: ‫ َفَأْخ ِبْر ِني َع ْن َأَم اَر اِتَها؟ َقاَل‬: ‫ َقاَل‬. ‫ َم ا اْلَم ْس ُئوُل َع ْنَها ِبَأْع َلَم ِم ْن الَّساِئِل‬: ‫ َقاَل‬.‫ َفَأْخ ِبْر ِني َع ْن الَّساَع ِة‬: ‫ َقاَل‬.‫َفِإْن َلْم َتُك ْن َتَر اُه َفِإَّنُه َيَر اك‬
‫ َفِإَّنُه‬: ‫ َقاَل‬. ‫ ُهَّللا َو َر ُسوُلُه َأْع َلُم‬: ‫ ُقْلُت‬.‫ َيا ُع َم ُر َأَتْد ِر ي َم ْن الَّساِئُل؟‬: ‫ ُثَّم َقاَل‬،‫ َفَلِبْثُت َم ِلًّيا‬، ‫ ُثَّم اْنَطَلَق‬. ‫َتَر ى اْلُح َفاَة اْلُع َر اَة اْلَع اَلَة ِر َع اَء الَّش اِء َيَتَطاَو ُلوَن ِفي اْلُبْنَياِن‬
‫" ِج ْبِر يُل َأَتاُك ْم ُيَع ِّلُم ُك ْم ِد يَنُك ْم‬.

• Also on the authority of `Umar (ra) who said:

• While we were one day sitting with the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes
and with very black hair. No traces of journeying were visible on him, and none of us knew him. He sat down close by the Prophet
(‫ )ﷺ‬rested his knees against the knees of the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬and placed his palms over his thighs, and said: "O Muhammad! Inform
me about Islam." The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬replied: "Islam is that you should testify that there is no deity worthy of worship
except Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger (‫)ﷺ‬, that you should perform salah (ritual prayer), pay the zakah, fast during
Ramadan, and perform Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House (the Ka`bah at Makkah), if you can find a way to it (or find the means for
making the journey to it)." He said: "You have spoken the truth." We were astonished at his thus questioning him (‫ )ﷺ‬and then telling
him that he was right, but he went on to say, "Inform me about Iman (faith)." He (the Prophet) answered, "It is that you believe in Allah
and His angels and His Books and His Messengers and in the Last Day, and in fate (qadar), both in its good and in its evil aspects." He
said, "You have spoken the truth." Then he (the man) said, "Inform me about Ihsan." He (the Prophet) answered, "It is that you should
serve Allah as though you could see Him, for though you cannot see Him yet He sees you." He said, "Inform me about the Hour." He
(the Prophet) said, "About that the one questioned knows no more than the questioner." So he said, "Well, inform me about its signs."
He said, "They are that the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress and that you will see the barefooted ones, the naked, the destitute,
the herdsmen of the sheep (competing with each other) in raising lofty buildings." Thereupon the man went off. I waited a while, and
then he (the Prophet) said, "O `Umar, do you know who that questioner was?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know better." He
said, "That was Jibril. He came to teach you your religion."
‫َع ْن َأِبي َسِع يٍد اْلُخ ْد ِر ّي َرِض َي ُهللا َع ْنُه َقاَل َسِم ْع ت َر ُسوَل ِهَّللا صلى هللا عليه‬
‫ َفِإْن‬،‫ َفِإْن َلْم َيْس َتِط ْع َفِبِلَس اِنِه‬،‫ "َم ْن َر َأى ِم ْنُك ْم ُم ْنَك ًر ا َفْلُيَغ ِّيْر ُه ِبَيِدِه‬: ‫و سلم َيُقوُل‬
‫ َو َذ ِلَك َأْض َع ُف اِإْل يَم اِن‬،‫ "َلْم َيْس َتِط ْع َفِبَقْلِبِه‬.

• On the authority of Abu Sa`eed al-Khudree (may Allah be pleased

with him) who said:
• I heard the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬say, “Whosoever of you sees an
evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then
[let him change it] with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then
with his heart — and that is the weakest of faith.”
 ‫ َع ْن‬، ‫ َع ِن اْبِن َع ْج َالَن‬،‫ َح َّد َثَنا َأُبو َخ اِلٍد اَألْح َم ُر‬،‫َح َّد َثَنا َأُبو َبْك ِر ْبُن َأِبي َش ْيَبَة‬
‫ َقاَل َك اَن ِم ْن ُد َع اِء الَّنِبِّي ـ صلى هللا‬،‫ َع ْن َأِبي ُهَر ْيَر َة‬، ‫َسِع يِد ْبِن َأِبي َسِع يٍد‬
‫عليه وسلم ـ " الَّلُهَّم ِإِّني َأُع وُذ ِبَك ِم ْن ِع ْلٍم َال َيْنَفُع َو ِم ْن ُد َع اٍء َال ُيْس َم ُع َو َم ْن‬
. " ‫َقْلٍب َال َيْخ َش ُع َو ِم ْن َنْفٍس َال َتْش َبُع‬

• It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:

• "One of the supplications that the Prophet used to say was: I seek
refuge with You from knowledge that is of no benefit, from a
supplication that is not heard, from a heart that does not fear (You) and
from a soul that is not satisfied].'"
 ‫ َأربع‬: ‫ َأَّن َر ُس وَل اِهَّلل َص ىَّل هللا َعَلْي ِه َو سمل َقاَل‬:‫َو َع ِن اْبِن َع َّباٍس َر َيِض اُهَّلل َع ْنُهَم ا‬
‫ َقْلٌب َش اِك ٌر َو ِلَس اٌن َذ اِك ٌر َو َبَد ٌن َعىَل‬: ‫من أعطيهن فقد أعطي خري اُّدل ْنَيا َو اآْلِخ َر ِة‬
‫اْلَباَل ِء َص اِبٌر َو َز ْو َج ٌة اَل َتْب ِغ يِه َخ ْو اًن يِف َنفسَها َو اَل َم اهل‬

• It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah,

peace and blessings be upon him, said: “There are four things that whoever
gets them will get the good of this world and the hereafter a grateful heart, a
tongue that remembers, a body that endures hardships, and such a woman.”
The one who does not ask her husband to be unfaithful about herself and his
wealth) A wife who does not betray her honor and her husband's wealth(
 ‫ اي‬:‫ قيل‬. ‫ ((اجَتِنبوا الَّس ْب َع اُملوِبقاِت‬:‫عن ایب ھریرۃ قال أَّن َر سوَل ِهللا صىَّل ُهللا عليه وسمَّل قال‬
‫ وأُلْك‬، ‫ وَقْتُل الَّنفِس اليت حَّر م ُهللا إ اَّل ابَحلِّق‬، ‫ والِّس حُر‬، ‫ الرِّش ُك ابِهلل‬:‫ وما ُه َّن ؟ قال‬، ‫َر سوَل ِهللا‬
.)) ‫ وَقْذ ُف اُملْحَص ناِت الغاِف الِت اُملؤِم ناِت‬، ‫ والتَو يِّل يوَم الَّز حِف‬، ‫ وأُلْك ماِل الَيتِمي‬،‫الِّر اب‬

• It was narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah, may
God bless him and grant him peace, said: "Beware of seven destructive
sins." It was asked: O Messenger of Allah! Which ones are they? He said:
"Associating with Allah, magic) To cast a spell(, killing the life of which
Allah has forbidden, taking the property of an orphan, taking usury, turning
one's back (running away) to the enemy on the day of battle, Accusing
innocent and ignorant believing women
 ‫ وإ ن‬. ‫ «ما من يشء يف املزيان أْثَقُل ِم ْن ُح ْس ِن اْلُخ ُلِق‬:‫عن ابن مسعود مرفوًعا‬
‫ «ليس الفاحشهللا ُيْب ِغ ض‬:‫ عن أيب ادلرداء مرفوًعا‬:‫ احلديث الثاين‬.»‫الَبِذ يء‬
‫ وال الَبِذ يء‬،‫ وال الفاحش‬،‫ وال الَّلَّعان‬،‫املؤمن اِب لَّط َّعان‬
• On the authority of Abdullah bin Masoud, may Allah be pleased with him,
the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, said:
"There will be nothing heavier in the balance than good-naturedness on the
Day of Resurrection, and surely Allah hates immorality and obscenity."
Second Hadith: It is narrated on the authority of Abu Darda, that the
Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “A believer is
not a taunter, Cursing , lewd or obscene person.”
 ‫ اْلُم ْفِلُس ِف يَنا َمْن اَل‬:‫ َأَتْد ُر وَن َم ا اْلُم ْفِلُس ؟ َقاُلوا‬: ‫ َأَّن َر ُس وَل ِهللا َص ىَّل ُهللا َعَلْي ِه َو َس َمَّل َقاَل‬-‫ريض هللا عنه‬- ‫عن أيب هريرة‬
،‫ َو َقَذ َف َه َذ ا‬،‫ َو َيْأيِت َقْد َش َمَت َه َذ ا‬، ‫ َو َز اَك ٍة‬، ‫ َو ِص َياٍم‬، ‫ َّن اْلُم ْفِلَس ِم ْن ُأَّم يِت َيْأيِت َيْو َم اْلِقَياَم ِة ِبَص اَل ٍة‬: ‫ َفَقاَل‬،‫ َو اَل َمَتاَع‬،‫ِد ْر َمَه ُهَل‬
‫ َف ْن َفِنَيْت َح َس َناُتُه َقْبَل‬، ‫ َو َه َذ ا ِم ْن َح َس َناِتِه‬، ‫ َفُيْع َط ى َه َذ ا ِم ْن َح َس َناِتِه‬،‫ َو َرَض َب َه َذ ا‬،‫ َو َس َفَك َد َمِإ َه َذ ا‬،‫َو َأَلَك َم اَل َه َذ ا‬
‫ِإ‬ ‫ َّمُث ُط ِرَح يِف الَّناِر‬، ‫ ُأِخ َذ ِم ْن َخ َط ااَي ْمُه َفُط ِرَح ْت َعَلْي ِه‬، ‫َأْن ُيْقىَض َم ا َعَلْي ِه‬

• It was narrated from Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant
him peace, said: Do you know who is bankrupt? The people said: The poor among us is the one
who has neither dirhams nor any goods. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) said: Among my ummah, the bankrupt is the person who will bring prayer, fasting and
zakat (deeds in the form of zakat) on the Day of Judgment, but he will have abused someone in
this world, accused someone of wrongdoing. There will be, someone's property will be eaten
unjustly, someone's blood will be spilled and someone will be killed. His good deeds will be
given to those people (i.e. those whom he may have persecuted in this world) and if his good
deeds end before the compensation due to him is paid, then the sins of those people will be
taken and put in his account. and then he will be cast into hell.