====== Hadith ======

  * In Arabic, the noun “**hadith**” means “report,” “account,” “narrative,” or “tradition.”(([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith]]))

  * As a term, **hadith** is the narration that is attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, or to the [[companions|Companions]] and the [[successors|Successors]] related to a discourse, deed, confirmation, disposition, or habit.

  * The [[concept|concept]] of **hadith** was first used in the words of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. When Abu Hurayra asked the God’s Messenger who would be the first to be honored with his intercession on the Day of Resurrection, the noble Prophet stated: “O Abu Hurayra! Knowing your curiosity about the **hadith**, I thought you would ask the first question about this **hadith**.”((//Sahih al-Bukhari//, Ilm, 33; Riqaq, 51.))

  * The following statement used by the women [[companions|Companions]], who asked God’s Messenger for a special conversation day, is an evidence that the [[concept|concept]] was used in the early period of Islam: “Only men benefit from your words (from your **hadith**).”((//Sahih al-Bukhari//, I’tisam, 9.))

  * In later periods, the concept of **hadith** was discussed in a way that includes the [[divine_hadith|Divine hadiths]]. The personal statements and fatwas of the [[companions|Companions]] the [[successors|Successors]] were also considered within the scope of the **hadith**. In this sense, they named the **hadiths** belonging to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, as “marfu” (elevated), those belonging to the [[companions|Companions]] “mawquf” (stopped), and those belonging to the [[successors|Successors]] “maqtu” (severed).((Ibn Hajar, //Tahzibu’t-Tahzib//, VII, 33.))

  * “Moreover, history books and biographies of the Prophet record that the [[companions|Companions]], next to preserving the Qur’an and its verses, did their best to record and preserve the Messenger’s deeds and words, especially those concerning miracles and Divine Commands, and to confirm their authenticity. They never neglected even an apparently insignificant act or state of the Prophet,  as confirmed by the books of **Tradition**. While the Prophet was alive, the miracles and **Traditions** forming the basis of religious injunctions were written down by many Companions, especially the “Seven ‘Abdullahs,” notably ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (the “Interpreter of the Qur’an”) and ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-As. Some 30 or 40 years later, thousands of Tabi‘un researchers recorded these, and later on the four imams of Islamic jurisprudence and thousands of discerning **Traditionists** also would write them down and transmit them. Two centuries after the Prophet’s emigration, the compilers of the six esteemed and most authentic books of **Traditions**, at the head of whom are Imam al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim, shouldered the task of preserving the **Traditions**. In the meantime, meticulous critics identified false reports produced by unbelievers or careless and ignorant people. In later centuries, **Traditions** continued to be distinguished from fabrications and distortions by people of profound learning and such meticulous researchers as Ibn al-Jawzi and Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, who was honored many times while awake with the [[presence|presence]] and conversation of God’s Messenger, as confirmed by those of spiritual realization. Thus the miracles ... come down to us through numerous safe and trustworthy hands, for which we thank God, since this is by His grace. No one has the right to doubt their authenticity.”((Bediüzzaman Said Nursi, //The Letters//, New Jersey: The Light, 2014, pp. 140–141.))

===== See Also =====

  * [[companions|the Companions]]
  * [[divine_hadith|the Divine Hadith]]
  * [[successors|the Successors]]
  * [[sunnah|the Sunnah]]

===== Other Languages =====

  * [[https://fr.hizmetpedia.org/doku.php?id=hadith|Français]]
  * [[https://nl.hizmetpedia.org/doku.php?id=hadith|Nederlands]]
  * [[https://tr.hizmetpedia.org/doku.php?id=hadis|Türkçe]]

===== Footnotes =====