Ḥadīth in Islam refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
In Quranic perspective, Hadith also called the vast
explanation (Arabic: بَيَانَهُۥ
ʾbayānahu, literally means "it’s explanation.") of the Quran, for
verse number 16-19 of Surah Al-Qiyama.
Hadith have been called "the backbone" of Islamic
civilization, and within that religion the authority of hadith as a
source for religious law and moral guidance ranks second only to that of
the Quran (which
Muslims hold to be the word of God revealed
to his messenger Muhammad). While the number of verses pertaining to law in the
Quran is relatively few, hadith give direction on everything from details of
religious obligations (such as Ghusl or Wudu,
ablutions for salat prayer), to the correct forms of
salutations and the importance of benevolence to slaves. Thus the
"great bulk" of the rules of Sharia (Islamic
law) are derived from hadith, rather than the Quran.
In the Sunni branch of Islam, the canonical hadith
collections are the six books, of which Sahih
al-Bukhari and Sahih
Muslim generally have the highest status. The other books of hadith
are Sunan Abu Dawood, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Al-Sunan al-Sughra and Sunan
ibn Majah. However the Malikis, one of the four Sunni "schools of thought"
(madhhabs),
traditionally reject Sunan ibn Majah and assert the canonical status of Muwatta Imam Malik.
Please refer to Hadith section of this site for more details.
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