Compilation of Hadith Video 3

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Main Topic                                       The History and Importance of Hadith                                   

Sub-topic                                          The History of the compilation of Hadith

 

Compilation of Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslims and other authentic collections

Video 3

Reasons of compiling authentic books on Hadith:

1.     Fake ahadith: Due to the influence of the Prophet on Muslim community, some people started fabricating Ahadith in the name of Prophet. They were so clever in their work that for a common Muslim, it was not easy to recognize a fake hadith and a genuine Hadith. There was a serious need of making standards which should distinguish between the genuine Ahadith and the fabricated ones

2.     Until now the work on Hadith was not fully focused on Hadith. The focus was on Fiqh (Islamic law). Imam Malik, Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam Hanbal and Imam Shafaee worked on Fiqh. Obviously, Islamic law needed Sunnah and Hadith, therefore they were used frequently but their books were not the collections of Hadith.

3.     There was no organized, detailed and comprehensive collection of Hadith and there was need of such collections.

4.     Dut to conflict between Banu Hashim and Banu Ummayah, some people tried to take advantage and fabricated Ahadith in favour of any of the parties.

 

Work of Bukhari and Muslim

250 AH, Imam bukhari and Imam Muslim worked in an organized way to distinguish between the genuine Hadith and fake Hadith. They devised two methods which were recognized by Muslim community and and in later years developed by other Muslim scholars. These methods were:

1.     Isnad or Chain of narrators or Chain of transmitters (details in a separate video)

2.     Matn or content of Hadith (Details in a separate video)

 

·     With the help of Isnad, they collected the data of all people who narrated a Hadith from the Prophet Mohammad (saw) up to Imam Bukhari or Imam Muslim.

·     They analyzed the data and saw whether the person narrating a Hadith is reliable or not.

·     They also saw what weaknesses were there in the narration of a Hadith.

·     They made standards of which Hadith is to be accepted and which is to be rejected.

 

·     With the help of Matn, they analyzed the content of the Hadith.

·     They set rules about the content.

 

Due to these efforts, two great books on Ahadith were compiled that is Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim.


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