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[quote]Assalaam-Alaikum,

From where my family comes from (Pakistan - we're presently living in Ireland), most of a child's Islamic education is done by the teachings of local Imaams and close family. Everyone reads the Koran, but very few people go on to interpret it. Hadiths of the prophet (peace be upon him) are used very frequently to teach the child the laws of Islam (as opposed to them being taught straight from the Koran).

But very recently, i was quite surprised to read, in an English translation of the Koran, that the punishment for adultery is NOT being stoned to death (Surah 24:2), as i was led to believe - this after numerous arguments i've had with non-Muslims trying to justify that this is the right punishment for the crime. So i ask myself the question - &quot;Who taught me that stoning to death was the punishment - why is it in Hadiths that death is the punishment for both murder and adultery (as well as being an Infidel - i think it was?)?&quot; And i bet you if i ask any of my cousins tomorrow what the punishment for adultery is, stoning to death would be their answer.

So a doubt enters my mind as to the genuinity and relability of Hadiths, i search the net on the topic and i come across this - http://members.aol.com/masadi/hadith.htm .. i ask my parents (we're Hunafi, by the way, which seems to matter a great deal in forming our identity) about it - and i'm told that the Hadiths were written just as the prophet (peace be upon him) was dying, and immediately after he passed away, compiled by his four companions (sahaba) - Abu baker, Umar, Uthman and Ali (and doubting them is like doubting the earth goes around the sun), but from other sources i read Hadiths were compiled by the likes of Bukhari over a century afterwards... [Dad also had a comment to make about &quot;Those Arabs&quot; - and the way they dont believe in what we do.. &quot;Discussions with them are also useless&quot; .. Now, i dont blame him for his views - it's probably what he was taught when he was my age - but that's thought for another day.. back to the current issue]

I'd like to hear all your opinions on the topic of Hadiths (if i have made mistakes anywhere in the above post, please do correct me) - please try and be open-minded about the whole thing and consider the evidence before replying.. Jazakomullah-kher

Thank you for taking the time to read this message - May Allah have mercy upon all of us, Ameen.

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