![]() ![]() ![]() Scholar includes reports by others than Muhammad in her definition of hadith - 'short reports (sometimes just a line or two) recording what an early figure, such as a companion of the prophet (known as ) or Mohammed himself, said or did on a particular occasion, prefixed by a chain of transmitters'. Ahadith were not written down by Muhammad's followers immediately after his death but several generations later when they were collected, collated and compiled into a great corpus of.Ĭlassical hadith specialist says that the intended meaning of hadith in religious tradition is something attributed to Muhammad but that is not found in the Quran. ![]() Ḥadīth is the Arabic word for speech, report, account, narrative.: 471 Unlike the Qur'an, not all Muslims believe Ahadith accounts (or at least not all ahadith accounts) are divine revelation. Thus the 'great bulk' of the rules of (Islamic law) are derived from ahadith, rather than the Qur'an. While the number of verses pertaining to law in the Quran is relatively few, ahadith give direction on everything from details of religious obligations (such as or, ablutions for prayer), to the correct forms of salutations and the importance of benevolence to slaves. Quranic verses (such as 24:54, 33:21) enjoin Muslims to emulate Muhammad and obey his judgements, providing scriptural authority for ahadith. Within Islam the authority of Ḥadīth as a source for religious law and moral guidance ranks second only to that of the (which Muslims hold to be the word of revealed to his messenger ). Aḥādīth, أحاديث, ʼaḥādīth Arabic pronunciation:, also 'Traditions') in are the record of the words, actions, and the silent approval, of the Islamic prophet. ![]()
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