What is Hadith ? | The most important informations

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Introduction:

 

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

 

In the previous article we talked about the Quran but I noticed that many people do not know Hadith and its types.

 

In this article we will talk about Hadith.

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Definition of Hadith:

 

It is everything that is transmitted from Muhammad peace be upon him from:

1. Saying
2.  Action
3. Approval
4. Attribute

 

The saying is: everything Muhammad said.

 

The action is: everything Muhammad did.

 

The approval is: Muhammad’s agreement to something that happened in

 

front of him with silence indicating satisfaction

 

The attribute is: manners and morals of Muhammad.

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How is Hadith transmitted from Muhammad to our present time?

 

Hadith is transmitted through narrators,

 

To simplify the matter, you can assume that there was a Muhammad's companion means sahabi who transmitted a hadith from Muhammad to another person named Ahmad,

 

So then the sahabi becomes a narrator when Ahmad transmits the hadith to another person then Ahmad becomes a narrator and at this pace it is called Isnad,

 

Narrators are generally divided into layers, for example, the first layer which is the layer of sahabi and those who transmitted this hadith from other sahabis,

 

And the second layer is Ahmad’s layer and those who took hadith from sahabis in this way,

 

Until we reached a time when compilers appeared who were part of Isnad but they wrote it instead of memorizing it and they also form another layer.

 

Like:

• Al-Bukhari
• Muslim

 

All their hadiths are authentic.

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Notes:

What does Companion mean: It means every person who saw Muhammad while he was Muslim and died on Islam.

What does Matn mean: It means Muhammad’s speech or saying or action or approval or attribute.

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And narrators are divided into two sections which are:

 

• Reliable narrators
• Unreliable narrators

 

There are two conditions for us to know whether this narrator is reliable or not which are:

• His faith in Allah
• His ability to memorize

And if one condition fails, then the narrator becomes unreliable and his Isnad for Hadith should not be taken but rather another Isnad should be searched for.

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The categories of Hadith in terms of credibility:

 

1. Authentic
2. Good
3. Weak
4. Fabricated

 

What are authentic Hadiths: They are Hadiths that leave no room for discussion.

 

What are good Hadiths: They are Hadiths that are less than authentic.

 

What are weak Hadiths: They are Hadiths in which there is a narrator in their chain who fails one of the conditions of trustworthiness.

 

What are fabricated Hadiths: They are false Hadiths attributed to Muhammad.

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The categories of Hadith in terms of the number of narrators:

 

If the number of narrators is large in each layer, it is called a hadith:

• Mutawatir (which has the highest degree of credibility because the number of narrators is very large)
• Famous (which is a hadith whose number of narrators is not very large)

 

If the number of narrators in one or more layers is small, it is called a hadith:

• Aziz (if there is one narrator in one or more layers)
• Gharib (if there are two narrators in one or more layers)