| Islam is very clear on the concept of God and the concept of Prophet so that there is no confusion or ambiguity in the minds of Muslims between the two. Islam distinguished between a) The word of Allah brought by the angel Jibreel (Gabriel) as revelation, known as the Qur’an; and b) The words of Prophet Muhammad (saws) which are known as the Hadith. |
| DIFFRENCE BETWEEN QURAN AND HADITHS |
| WHY NOT THE PROPHET (SAW) INSTRUCTED THE SAHABA TO WRITE DOWN THE HADITHS?? |
| The companions on the instruction of Prophet Muhammad , wrote down the words of Allah as revealed and also kept them in memory, so as to ensure that from the time of revelation until now the word of Allah remains pure and untainted. However, the Prophet commanded the companions not to write down the hadith during the early period of Islam, and the wisdom behind this was not to mix the hadith with the word of Allah. It is very important for Muslims to understand the differences between the hadith, hadith Qudsi, and the Qur’an. |
| ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT TO HADITHS; |
| The actions and sayings of the Prophet (saws) provided clarification of the meanings of Qur’an. When inquired about the character of Prophet Muhammad (saws), his wife ‘Aisha (radi) replied, His character is the Qur’an. This indicates that Prophet (saws) gave further explanation of the Qur’an with what he said or did during his lifetime. For example, the Qur’an mentions prayer and the hadith or the Sunnah shows Muslims how and when to do it. The following details will help clarify the matter further. |
| DEFINING THE TYPE OF HADITHS |
| The meaning of Hadith is news, report or narration. They are reports about the Prophet in the following:
What he said (qaul) What he did (fi’l) What he approved in other people’s action (taqrir) There are also reports about him i.e. what he was like (sifa) There is agreement among most Muslim scholars, that the contents of the Sunnah are also from Allah. However, these were expressed by the Prophet Muhammad in his own words or actions. They are the words and actions of a human being transmitted by the companions and family members (radi), who memorised the words or closely observed the actions of Prophet Muhammad ? for the benefit of the Muslim Ummah. |
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