Tradition - Hadith and Sunnah Flashcards
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What are the Hadiths?
Sayings of Prophet Muhammad
What is the Sunna?
The example of the prophet Muhammad
Give an example of when Muslims used the Hadiths and Sunnah?
Regarding Prayer, Salah, the Qur’an tells you when to pray and the direction to face, but it does not tell you what to do, here, Muslims turn to the Sunnah and Hadiths.
What is an issue with the Hadiths?
There is no one authorised version of the Hadith so there are differences and contradictions between the hadith.
What did Al-Bukhari do?
Made a collection of 600,000 hadith in the ninth century, which he then scrutinised. He reduced the number of hadith sayings down to 7000.
How did Bukhari check the reliability of a hadith?
The ISNAD method, a guarantor which goes back to one of the companions of the Prophet could be accepted as correct. Prior to a saying one might expect to read “X said that Y said that W said that V heard the prophet say…” or “X said that Y said that W said that V saw the prophet do…”
How many of the traditions go back to Aisha?
One sixth
Who accepts Al-Bukhari’s hadith?
Most Muslims accept these sayings of Bukhari as genuine, including Sunni Muslims
Why do some Muslims distrust the Hadith, and name someone who distrusts them?
Because they are not the Word of God - Rashad Khalifa.
What does El-Fadl say about the Hadith?
Claims the Hadith are essential for understanding the Qur’an.
Which Hadith do Shi’a accept?
Hadith of Ali
Why do Qur’anists not accept the Hadith?
Unreliable, should be read within the context of time and not used today e.g. the place of women then is not the case now.
What is the Arabic term Sira used for?
Used for the collection of biographies of Prophet Muhammad. Comes from the verb Sara - journey, so journey through life.
Who fathered the main collection of Sira?
Ibn-Hisham.
What do the main Sira contain?
Political treatise, stories of military expeditions, letters to foreign rulers, speeches and sermons, miracles and poetry of battles.
How are the authenticity of the Siras checked
ISNAD method.
What does Wim Raven say about the Sira?
Points out that no coherent account of the life of Muhammad can be formed from the literature of the Sira
What issues does Wim Raven point out about the Sira?
Hardly an sira work was complied during the first century of Islam. There are discrepancies in the material found in the works of the Sira. Later sources claim to know more about the life of Muhammad than earlier sources. Discrepancies compared to non Muslim sources.
How does Fred Donner respond to Wim Raven?
60-70 AH, the earliest writings about the origins of Islam emerged. Donner also claims there is agreement between the general features of the traditional origins stories.
Why do some people consider Ibn Hashim unreliable?
Some think of him in the negative sense of a Mudallis. This is when the reporter has concealed the identity of his teacher and instead claims to narrate directly from his teacher’s teacher.
Who are the Sahaba?
The people closest to Muhammad, the companions. After his death, they often related stories and sayings from the Prophet.
What are Sahih hadiths?
Ones that have been verified by scholars as being said by Muhammad and accurately repeated by word of mouth from person to person to the point at which they were written down.
What are Hasan Hadith?
Good hadith which are generally reliable except for a minor question mark here and there.
What are Hadith qudsi?
Hadith narrated by Muhammad which are said to be directly inspired by Allah at the time. they are said to be Muhammad’s words on Allah’s direct inspiration, but no the words of god which form the Qur’an.
