Lesson 1: How Hadith were preserved

Question 1

What is the difference between Hadith and Sunnah?

Answer 1

Sunnah -> actions, teachings of the prophet.

Hadith -> narrations only, no actions.

Question 2

Why can’t we follow Quran only?

Answer 2

Because Quran says that we must follow Muhammad (saw) and so we must accept Hadith. Quran and Hadith were narrated by the same Sahaba. If we reject Hadith we reject Quran.

Question 3

Which two things were transmitted by the prophet pbuh?

Answer 3

Talimat and Kaifiyyat.

Question 4

What is the difference between Kalimat and Kaifiyyat?

Answer 4

Talimat is verbal transmission. The prophet pbuh transmitted orally talim e Kitab and talim e hikmat to Sahaba and they did to the next generations.

Kaifiyyat is spiritual feelings of the prophet pbuh like fear of Allah swt, worry about ummah, love for Allah swt etc.

Question 5

How were feelings transmitted?

Answer 5

Through companionship. Muhammad saw spent whole night in Du’a before battle of badr, then Abu bakr ra came and said „Ya rasulullah enough, surely Allah swt will grant us victory“

Sometimes pbuh just said nothing when Sahaba did something and it was his approval.

Question 6

How was Talimat transmitted?

Answer 6

Through 3 Ways:

1. existence of knowledge
2. ) transmission
3. ) Textualization

There was no text for 250 years AH everything was transmitted verbally after pbuh got it from Allah swt and then Sahaba narrated it. After 250 yrs it was textualized by the generation among imam Bukhari.

Question 7

How many generations transmitted Hadith till the generation of imam Bukhari?

Answer 7

9

Question 8

How was revelation transmitted to the prophet pbuh?

Answer 8

There have been two ways.

Qur’an and Hadith.

Qur’an is wahy matlu - scriptual relevation and Hadith is Wahy gheir matlu - non scriptual.

Qur’an was words of Allah swt and Hadith the words of the prophet pbuh.

Question 9

Name and give examples of wahy gheir matlu?

Answer 9

1. ) How Ayat where structured in Quran.
   2) . The direction where we pray to.
2. ) how we should pray.

Firstly we prayed to baytul Muqadis for 16-17 months then to bayt Allah directly.

Question 10

Is a Hadith the same if someone uses other words to say the same?

Answer 10

Yes.

Question 11

How did pbuh transmit knowledge to Sahaba?

Answer 11

If they did something unlawful he forbid it directly and if it was ok, he didnt say something.

Question 12

What are the two things each Hadith contains?

Answer 12

Matn (Matan)

Sanad

Question 13

What is Sanad?

Answer 13

The Chain of Transmission. It goes back from us to the prophet pbuh.

Question 14

What is Matn?

Answer 14

Text which describes the Action/words/tactics.

Question 15

Is it a new Hadith when text is same but Chain is different?

Answer 15

Yes.

Question 16

Mention the story of Abu Zurra (ra) and his wife

Answer 16

They had an argument because his wife was angry that he came home late and then he said „if my teacher doesn’t know 50K Hadiths I’ll divorce you“, then he went to his teacher and he said „live as husband and wife I know 100K Hadith“.

Question 17

Mention the story of Abu Zurra and his dead.

Answer 17

When he was about to die, his students gathered in his house and wanted to do talqeen (let him recite shahada) but they were worried because he was so knowledgeable. Then they recited an Hadith where Kalima is included and Abu Zurra died when he spoke the Kalima in it.

Question 18

What were the 4 Ways Hadith were preserved?

Answer 18

Memory
Mutual discussions
Practice
Writing

Question 19

What did Arabs memorize usually?

Answer 19

Poems, Poetry, pedigrees.

Question 20

Writing was a defect for the Arabs, when did they write?

Answer 20

When their memory wasn’t strong enough.

Question 21

Who are Ashab e Suffah?

Answer 21

Sahaba who reside outside the Hujra of pbuh and learned Hadith all the time.

Question 22

How many Ashab e Suffah were there?

Answer 22

70