Hadith

1.Sahih - sound.

• Imam al-Shafi`i states the following requiremetts for a hadith, which is not Mutawatir(hadith which is reported by such a large large number of people that they cannot be expected to agree upon a lie, all of them together.)to be acceptable

• "each reporter should be trustworthy in his religion,

• he should be known to be truthtul in his narrating,

• to understand what he narrates,

• to know how a different expression can alter the meaning, and to • report the wording of the hadith verbatim, not only its meaning".

2.Hasan - good:

• is the one where its source is known and its reporters are unambiguous.

3.Da`if - weak:

is a hadith which fails to reach the status of Hasan. Usually, the weakness is: a) one of discontinuity in the

isnad, in which case the hadith could be - according to the nature of the discontinuity

Munqati (broken),

Mu`allaq (hanging),

Mu`adal (perplexing), or

Mursal (hurried), or b)

one of the reporters having a disparaged character, such as due to his telling lies, excessive mistakes, opposition to the narration of more reliable sources, involvement in innovation, or ambiguity surrounding his person

4.Maudu - fabricated or forged

• is a hadith whose text goes against the established norms of the Prophet's sayings, or its reporters include a liar. Fabricated hadith are also recognized by external evidence related to a discrepancy found in the dates or times of a particular incident.

Matn (text),

isnad (chain of reporters),

taraf (the part, or the beginning sentence).

The authenticity of hadith depends on reliability of its reporters and linkage among them.

The methodology of the expert scholars of hadith in assessing the narrations and sorting out the genuine from the mistaken and fabricated, forms the subject matter of the science of hadith.

There is a strict discipline in the acceptance of ahadith; the rules regulating this discipline are known as Mustalah al-Hadith (the Classification of Hadith).

Mustalah al-Hadith is strongly associated with Rijal al-Hadith (the study of the reporters of hadith).

"Imam (leader),

Hafiz (preserver)."

Quran is 1st fundamental sources of Islam The Words of God,Revealed in Arabic,In Rhythmical form Revealed to Prophet {May Allah's Blessings and peace be upon him) in small bits and it took over a period of 23 years (approx.). The promise of protecting quran is made by Allah(SWT) in Qur'an 15:9

The Quran today is as it was revealed to Prophet Muhammed(P.B.U.H).with undisputed purity

is the second fundamental sources of Islam after the Glorious Qur'an. Hadith is a collection of the talks,behavior and commands of Prohphet Muhammed(P.B.U.H) said by himself and testified by Sahaba which was collected later after him.

is the practical example of the implementation of the Qur'anic guidance, the wisdom taught to the Prophet(P.B.U.H) along with the scripture, Neither the Quran nor the authentic hadith can be understood correctly without the other.

Allah(SWT) preserved the authentic hadith by enabling the Companions and those after them to memorize, write down and pass on the statements of the Prophet(P.B.U.H)

Allah(SWT) caused the Muslim Ummah to produce individuals with exceptional memory skills and analytical expertise, who travelled tirelessly to collect thousands of narrations and distinguish the true words of prophetic wisdom from those corrupted by weak memories and from forgeries by unscrupulous liars.

All of this was achieved through precise attention to the words narrated, and detailed familiarity with the biographies of the thousands of reporters of hadith Which . were collected by respected Scholar's and Imams like Imam Bukhari, Muslim b. al-Hajjaj, , Abu Dawood

1.SAHIH BUKHARI

2.SAHIH MUSLIM

3.SUNAN ABI DAWUD

4.SUNAN TIRMIZI

5.SUNAN IBNE MAJA

6.SUNAN NISAI