Notes OI Compilation of Hadith

COMPILATION OF HADITH
Some important questions form the chapter:

Q1. Write an account of compilation of Hadith during the time of the
Prophet’s life time and the time of companions immediately after the
Prophet’s (P.B.U.H) death.
During the life of Prophet (S.A.W)
Q. In the beginning Prophet (S.A.W) prevented his companions from
writing Hadith why?
Ans. Hints:
 So, they do not mix Hadith with the words of Quran
 Later he allowed them when he saw sure they could distinguish
 Hadith: “May Allah give freshness to the to a servant, who hears
my saying, keeps it in memory and preserves it and communicates
it.”
 Most Hadith literature was preserved in the memory of
companions.
 Some traditions were also written down.
 Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (R,A) used to write the traditions and
compiled Sahifa e Sadiqah.
 Prophet (P.B.U.H) encouraged companions to write and
memorized Hadith.
 Hadith Shareef: If they are my Hadith, have them written along
with your heart.
 Prophet (P.B.U.H) said: “Write down as I speak the truth.”
 Some other prominent companions wrote Hadith as well like
 Hazrat Abu Huraira (R.A), Umm ul Mo’mineen Bibi Ayesha
 Collection of Hazrat Ali (R.A), Collection of Anas bin Malik (R.A)
 Letters, Laws and Treaties dictated by Prophet (P.B.U.H)
preserved in this time.
During the time of Companions
Hints:
Those who saw Prophet S.A.W, accepted Islam and died as Muslims are
called Sahaba/Companions.
Prophet S.A.W said: He who is present should convey the message to
him who is absent. Companions followed the command and took it as
their duty.
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (R.A) narrated more than 5374 Ahadith and
devoted his entire life for collection of Ahadith.
 Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar compiled Sahifa e Sadiqah.
 Hazrat Anas bin Malik wrote, Sahifa e Anas bin Malik
 Hazrat Ayesha Transmitted 2210 Ahadith.
The companions spread far and settled in different areas which arose
different centers of learning. Muslims went to different centers of
Hadith to learn Ahadith from companions. Jaffer bin Abdullah (R.A)
went from Makkah to Syria to hear a single Hadith.
Wives of Prophet (P.B.U.H) were approached by other companions,
Hazrat Ayesha (R.A), Hafsa R.A, Maimunah R.A, Umme Salmah R.A,
Hazrat Ali (R.A) had a script of Hadith with him and people used to
come to him to learn Hadith from him. Hazrat Ali said,” I have not
written anything from the Prophet (P.B.U.H) except the Holy Quran and
what is contained in this script.
DURING THE TIME OF TABAEEN
Those who could not see the Prophet S.A.W, saw any Sahabi, accepted
Islam and died as Muslims are called Tabee.
 Tabaeen collected traditions from different centers of learning.
Caliph Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz issued order to write down
ahadith from knowledgeable persons,
 several books of ahadith were prepared and spread.
 Trend changed during the time of Tabaeen, books covering all
aspects began to appear like Namaz, Hajj Zakat etc.
 Famous work of that time is “Al-Muwatta by Imam Malik.
DURING THE TIME OF TABA TABAEEN
Q. Write an account of the compilation of Hadith during the period of

the Successors (Tabi al Tabi’in)
Ans. Hints
Those who could not see the Prophet S.A.W and any Sahabi, but saw
any Tabee and accepted Islam, died as Muslims are called Taba Tabeen.
GOLDEN PERIOD OF COMPILATION OF HADITH
Many hundreds of thousands of Hadiths were compiled by the
successors of the successors.
During this period, Hadith scholars established rules of Matan and
Sanad to sift through the Hadiths to categories them and include them
in their collections.
 A large number of jurists combined the two categories of Musnad
and Musannf in the form of Sunan / Sahih books.
 A Sunnan was organized topic-wise and thus could be easily used
as legal reference, and it focused on Ahadith e Nabavi with full
isnads.
 Foremost among the jurists at this time were Bukhari and Muslim
 They broke away from the tradition of using weak Hadithsim law.
 Their collections were devoted only to Hadith whose isnads met
with the requirements of authenticity. (Sahih)
 The collection of Bukhari and Muslim became the most famous
books of Hadith collection called the Sahihayn (literally meaning
the two)
 Imam Buhari devoted sixteen years of his life sifting the Hadith he
included in his Sahih from a pool of 600,000 narrations.
 The finished work was a massive expression of Imam Bukhari’s
vision of Islamic law and belief.
 Imam Muslim’s kept all narrations of a certain Hadith in the same
sections but without the commentary reports from companions
and later figures.
 Their work had a great influence on their students and
contemporaries.
 Six Authentic Books of Hadith were compiled known as Sahih e
Sitta
 Sahih Bukhari
 Sahih Muslim
 Sunan Abu Daud
 Sunan Ibn Majah
 Sunan Nisai
 Jam’e Tirmidhi

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Some important questions form the chapter:

DURING THE TIME OF TABA TABAEEN

Q. Write an account of the compilation of Hadith during the period of

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