An Introduction To The Science Of Hadith

An Introduction To The Science Of Hadith

Dr. Suhaib Hasan | Language: English | Format: PDF | Pages: 42 | Size: 1 MB The Muslims are agreed that the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (S) is the second of the two revealed fundamental sources of Islam, after the Glorious Qur�an. The authentic Sunnah is contained within the vast body of Hadith literature. A hadith (pl. ahadith) is composed of two parts: the matn (text) and the isnad (chain of reporters). A text may seem to be logical and reasonable but it needs an authentic isnad with reliable reporters to be acceptable; �Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak (d. 181 AH), one of the illustrious teachers of Imam al-Bukhari, said: �The isnad is part of the religion: had it not been for the isnad, whoever wished to would have said whatever he liked.�