 Saha Sitta
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 The following
six Authentic Books are Known as Saha Sitta. |
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 Sahi
Bukhari |
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Sahi
Muslim. |
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Sunun
Nisai |
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Sunun
abu Dawood |
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Sunun
Ibne -Maja |
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Jamia
Tirmizi |
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The
man, therefore, who embraced Islam stood in need of both
the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Actually Hadith is so important
that without it one cannot fully understand the Holy Book
and Islam or be able to apply it to one's life and practice. |
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The
Qur'an while pressing the Muslims to obey the Prophet ,
goes a step further when it announces that the Prophethood
of Muhammad
is above all the limitations of time and space. He is
the last Prophet
and is a Messenger of Allah for the whole of humanity
for all time to come. |
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The
importance of the Sunnah even as a second source of Islam
was a settled issue for the Companions of the Prophet.
I quote only one of the many examples: that of Mu`az ibn
Jabal who said to the Prophet
that he would decide according to the Sunnah if he did
not find the solution of a problem in the Book. |
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"The
importance of Hadith is increased for the Muslim by the
fact that the Prophet Muhammad
not only taught, but took the opportunity of putting his
teachings into practice in all the important affairs of
life. He lived for twenty three years after his appointment
as the Messenger of Allah. He endowed his community with
a religion, which he scrupulously practiced himself. He
founded a state, which he administered as the supreme
head, maintaining internal peace and order, heading armies
for external defense, judging and deciding the litigations
of his subjects, punishing the criminals and legislating
in all walks of life. He
married and left a model of family life. Another important
fact is that he did not declare himself to be above the
ordinary law which he imposed on others. His
practice was not mere private conduct, but a detailed
interpretation and application of his teachings. |
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The
promise made by Allah(SWT) in Qur'ân 15:9 is obviously
fulfilled in the undisputed purity of the Qur'ânic
text throughout the fourteen centuries since its revelation.
However, what is often forgotten by many Muslims is that
the divine promise also includes, by necessity, the Sunnah
of the Prophet,
because the Sunnah is the practical example of the implementation
of the Qur'ânic guidance, the wisdom taught to the
Prophet
along with the scripture, and neither the Qur'ân
nor the Sunnah can be understood correctly without the
other |
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Allah
preserved the Sunnah by enabling the Companions and those
after them to memorize, write down and pass on the statements
of the Prophet,
and the descriptions of his way, as well as to continue
the blessings of practicing the Sunnah |
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The Muslims
are agreed that the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad
is the second of the two revealed fundamental sources of Islam, after
the Glorious Quran. The authentic Sunnah is contained within the vast
body of Hadîth literature.
Components
Of Hadîth
A hadîth is composed of three parts Matn (text), isnad (chain of
reporters), and taraf (the part, or the beginning sentence, of the text
which refers to the sayings, actions or characteristics of the Prophet,
or his concurrence with others action). The authenticity of the hadîth
depends on the reliability of its reporters, and the linkage among them.
Compilation:
During
the lifetime of the Prophet
and after his death, his Companions (Sahabah) used to refer to him directly,
when quoting his sayings .
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The
importance of Hadith is increased for the Muslim
by the fact that the Prophet Muhammad
not only taught, but took the opportunity of putting
his teachings into practice in all the important
affairs of life.
Allah
preserved the Sunnah by enabling the Companions
and those after them to memorize, write down and
pass on the statements of the Prophet,
and the descriptions of his way, as well as to
continue the blessings of practicing the Sunnah.
Later,
as the purity of the knowledge of the Sunnah became
threatened, Allah caused the Muslim Ummah to produce
individuals with exceptional memory skills and
analytical expertise, who traveled tirelessly
to collect thousands of narrations and distinguish
the true words of prophetic wisdom from those
corrupted by weak memories, from forgeries by
unscrupulous liars, and from the statements of
the large number of Ulama (scholars), the Companions
and those who followed their way. |
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Hadith is nothing but a reflection of the personality of the Prophet,
who is to be obeyed at every cost.
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Cattagory of Hadith
Mohadseen
(scholars) divided the books of Ahadith in four categories according
to their authenticity.
In
Category 1The following three books are
on the top due to the authenticity of the Narrators. (Ravi)
Moata
Imam Malik.
Sahi
Bukhari.
Sahi
Muslim.
In Category 2 books certain Narrator’s
(Ravi) authenticity is lesser than the books of the Category1.These
Narrators are also reliable.
Abu
Dawood.
Tirmizi.
Nisai.
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Quranic Graph
Classification
