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[quote]Salam bro Ibrahim

Please correct me if I am wrong, this is what I have understood from Ghamidhi sb

" Those who make Hadith a source of religion make a big mistake, those who ignore hadith completely make even a bigger mistake. The role of hadith is ;

Hadith literally means a saying or something new. In Islamic terminology, it is defined as the individual-to-individual narratives ascribed to the Prophet (pbuh) regarding his sayings, actions, expressed or tacit approvals, his life history and personal description.

These include:

Life history of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), including his meetings with people, important events in his time e.g. Holy wars as narrated by his followers.

Record of the Prophet Mohammad's (pbuh) everyday life, rituals and routines, these are those things that he liked but did not authorise their initiation as essential part of religion. These records reveal the Prophet's (pbuh) excellent example (Uswa Al Hasana) in carrying out the directives of Islam.

Record of answers to questions and explanations given by the Prophet (pbuh) to his followers.

Record of any explanations about commandments in the Qur'an and the Sunnah by the Prophet (pbuh) to his followers.

Principles of Acceptance of Hadith

The scholars of the science of ahadith have devised the following criteria which need to be met for a hadith to be considered authentic.

Continuity in the chain of narrators.

Narrators must be practicing Muslims and must not have engaged in activities that are forbidden.

Narrators should have sound understanding, memory and expression.

Reports should not contradict similar substantiated Ahadith regarding the same topic.

Reports should be free of any hidden defects (which are called Illah in this science).

What can be understood and derived from a Hadith should not contradict The Qur'an, The Sunnah and Established facts.

Some important requisites for the understanding of Ahadith

Need to understand and interpret Ahadith in light of the Qur'an and the Sunnah, which are the ultimate and absolute sources of religious information.

Need to interpret ahadith in their proper and relevant context.

To understand Ahadith adequately, we need to study all the related Ahadith on the particular subject.

The Qur'an, the Sunnah and the Hadith

The Qur'an and the Sunnah hold a pivotal place as the source of understanding of religion. The Sunnah and the Qur'an do not abrogate each other. They cannot be overruled by Hadith. Both these sources contain the entire religion. Hadith can thus explain these sources or provide the best example set by the Holy Prophet (pbuh); it cannot abrogate or contradict the basic corpus of religion residing in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Hadith literature does not add to the content of religion; it offers an explanation of the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah, and dictates sense and reason.

Some of the main outcomes of adopting the correct approach to understanding Islam[/quote]

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