HISTORY & IMPORTANCE OF HADITH

PRESENTED BY: MAAZ MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUI

And M.FAHD-UN-NABI KHAN

HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE OF HADITH

MEANINGS OF HADITH

PART1:HISTORY OF COMPILATION OF HADITH

• 1-During Holy Prophet(S.A.W)’s Lifetime• 2-During the time of Companions• 3-During the time of the “Followers of the Companions”• 4-During the time of the “Followers of the Followers”• 5-Precautions taken in the compilation of Ahadith

PART2:IMPORTANCE OF HADITH

•The word “Hadith” is derived from “Tahdith” which means

to inform

•The “Hadith” are the sayings of the Holy Prophet(s.a.w),his actions and approval of the

actions of others by him

HADITH

PART 1:HISTORY OF COMPILATION

OF HADITH

DURING HOLY PROPHET(S.A.W)’S LIFETIME

•As Prophet(s.a.w) was alive muslims(with an exception of some companions) didn’t felt the need to write down ahadith and muslims directly approached Prophet(s.a.w) to solve their matters.

•Prominent Compilations: Musnad by Aeisha(r.a),musnad by Abu Bakr(r.a),Collection of Ali(r.a) etc.

• Islam was widely spread and new converts wanted to hear about Prophet(s.a.w) from close companions who had now spread wide and far in all parts of empire

• Cailph Umar bin Abdul aziz wrote to governor of madina to write down all traditions of Holy Prophet(s.a.w)

• Prominent compilations: Works of Shihab-al-zuheri ,

Collection of Abu Bakr Al-Hazim

During the time of Companions

(11-100a.h)

• Hanafi and Maliki schools of legal thought were formulated during this period in the light of ahadith

• Prominent Compilations: Al-Muwatta By

Imam Malik , Al-Maghazi by Waqidi,etc.

During the time of followers of Companions

(101-200a.h)

• Six most authentic books of traditions were compiled:

1. Sahih Bukhari2. Sahih Muslim3. Sunan of Abu-Daud4. Sunan of Ibn-e-Maja5. Sunan of Nisai6. Jami Tirmidhi

During the time of followers of Followers

(201-300a.h)

• Must be un-interrupt• Must not be broken• Must go back to Holy Prophet(s.a.w)• Narrators should have actually met each

other• Narrators must not be liars• Narrators should have sharp memory• Narrators must be pious and possess good

character

PRECAUTIONS TAKEN IN THE COMPILATION OF AHADITH

SANAD (CHAIN OF NARRATORS)

• Must be in a pure arabic style• Must not be in contradiction to

historical facts and common sense• Must not be against Islam , Quran or

any other authentic hadith• Must not abuse the family of Holy

Prophet(s.a.w)

PRECAUTIONS TAKEN IN THE COMPILATION OF

AHADITHMATAN (TEXT)

Part 2:Impotance of Hadith•Primary source of Islamic law after Quran•Used together with Quran in derivation of Islamic law•Explains matters in which Quran remained silent or a detailed description was not givene.g. Performance of salah , Rate of Zakat

jazakallah