Hadiths and necessity to the Islam faith?

Question

I've often heard that hadiths shouldn't be taken so seriously because of some of the fallacies mentioned in it and sorry to say, some things that just sound really wierd.

i.e. Sun setting in mud puddle.
i.e. Satan peeing in your ear when you fall asleep in prayer

If that is so, why not just ban them all together?

It seems like they are still quoted a good bit. Why? What benefit can be gotten from them?

why oh why are your posts so long?

I realize you aren't contected to it, but do you think the reason for violence in some extemist muslim nations stems from these hadiths that are weak? or from the Koran itself?

Can you give me an example of some hadiths that do line up with the Koran?

Answer 1

Salaam

The hadith is merely a collection of ALLEGED sayings of the prophet.Personally I only agree with Hadith that is proven correct by the Quran.

Any hadith that is in contradiction with the Quran should be disregarded.Especially those superstitious ones.

Quran comes first. Quran is word From God, hadith is not.

Answer 2

Hadith have different levels of authenticity. In most cases, the ones that are 100% authentic are used. How there authenticity has been established is a science in itself. This work was done about 200 years after the Prophet's (peace be upon him) death and the people who established the authenticity used multiple sources. Those sources were living people who were told those by their ancestors. So whichever authentic hadith is mentioned it has the chain of narrators. Having multiple chains of narrators and knowing about the character of the narrator one can establish the level of authenticity.

Coming to why they are important. Hadith in addition to giving other information such as how exactly to pray (Qur'an doesn't specify the method of the prayer, it is mentioned in the hadith) detail the circumstances in which the verses of the Qur'an were revealed. Thus it is highly important to know why a certain verse was revealed and what problem was addressed. It is understandable that by knowing the circumstances one can easily understand the context.

Hoki Pokey: Don't generalize. I gave the answer from what I know and in my own words.

Answer 3

i never heared of these hadiths !

Mohamed peace be up on him never say anything non sens , and you can know easily if he said that or not.

hadiths have a levels. which there is a lot of hadiths that Mohamed peace be up on him didn't say it we call it a weak hadiths.

the Muslims scholars try to find every recite of a hadith and try to search every thing about him like : did he try to lie before ?, can he save and memorize ?, is he a good person? ,etc.

they do a hard work to make sure of every hadith .

Answer 4

I agree with you. It is really very ridiculous to say that Muhammed took these things from Allah, the sun setting in mud puddle, the sun is running to its resting place. There are a lot more but if you talk to Muslims, they will say that what the Qur'an says is true. It is very frustrating really. But i think it is the error of Yusuf Ali whose english is very hard to understand. Maybe he could try a new translation please. And to delete the weird things as those you mentioned. These english with "nays" and "lo" and a lot of words in "closed parenthesis", it confuses readers. Could the Qur'an be translated in today's english version?

Answer 5

This is pretty common. They can't think for themselves so they type a word in Google or do a search on their 1,000 bookmarked Islamic propoganda websites, and copy-paste enourmous chunks of material in place of their own words.

When someone posts like the person above me, they ironicly prove that they are simple minded, because they have to plagiarize complex material.

Answer 6

In Islam, the Arabic word sunnah has come to denote the way Prophet Muhammad (saas), the Messenger of Allah, lived his life. The Sunnah is the second source of Islamic jurisprudence, the first being the Qur'an. Both sources are indispensable; one cannot practice Islam without consulting both of them. The Arabic word hadith (pl. ahadith) is very similar to Sunnah, but not identical. A hadith is a narration about the life of the Prophet (saas) or what he approved - as opposed to his life itself, which is the Sunnah as already mentioned.

In M. M. Azami's Studies in Hadith Methodology and Literature, the following precise definition of a hadith is given,

According to Muhaddithiin [scholars of hadith -ed.] it stands for 'what was transmitted on the authority of the Prophet, his deeds, sayings, tacit approval, or description of his sifaat (features) meaning his physical appearance. However, physical appearance of the Prophet is not included in the definition used by the jurists.'

Thus hadith literature means the literature which consists of the narrations of the life of the Prophet and the things approved by him. However, the term was used sometimes in much broader sense to cover the narrations about the Companions [of the Prophet -ed.] and Successors [to the Companions -ed.] as well.

The explosion of Islam in the 7th and 8th centuries confronted Islamic scholars with a daunting task: to preserve the knowledge of the Sunnah of the Prophet (saas). Hence the science of hadith evaluation was born. We recommend that you read the "Introduction to the Science of Hadith" below to understand the tremendous efforts that were required to sift the true reports from the false reports. The success of the early scholars is also captured below by some collections of hadith.

"He does not speak from his hawaa (desire); it is nothing except Wahee revealed to him." ( Quran 53:3-4)




In his Tafsir, ibn Kathir had the following to say:

"Allah said, (Nor does he speak of desire), asserting that nothing the Prophet utters is of his own desire or wish, (It is only a revelation revealed.), means, he only conveys to the people what he was commanded to convey, in its entirety without additions or deletions."

Hadith are the collected traditions of Prophet Muhammad(saw) composed of sayings attributed to him(saw) as well as his(saw) actions in various situations. These are to serve as examples and guidelines for Muslim belief and practice. They are a very important part of Islam. It is important for one to understand that the sayings, sermons etc of Prophet Muhammad(saw) were divinely inspired and the above ayah confirms this.

It is through hadith that we have answers to lots of questions about life after death, Heaven, Hell, Day of Judgment, how to perform prayer correctly, wudu etc etc. It is very important, however, to read and follow hadiths that are authentic and trustworthy, because there is a number of inaccurate hadiths, which people have fabricated, and a few are considered extremely weak. And after finding an authentic hadith it is important to follow it accordingly, because Allah(swt) says in the Quran,

"And OBEY Allah and the messenger, that ye may find mercy" (Quran 3:132)

"And whatsoever the Messenger allows you to do, do it. And whatsoever he forbids, abstain (from it.)" (Quran 59:7)

For people who think that the Hadith is not necessary and can be ignored are in great ignorance. Such people then would not be able to pray either or perform ablution and many other things. Moreover, we should not exaggerate in allegorical interpretations of the Sunnah, and try to philosophize it, because Prophet Muhammad(saw) did not intend that, rather he spoke in clear simple terms in order for people to be able to understand him, and be right in practicing their faith.

"Say: 'Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger. but if ye turn away, he is only responsible for the duty placed on him and ye for that placed on you. If ye obey him, ye shall be on right guidance. The Messenger's duty is only to preach the clear (Message).'" (Quran 24:54)

"O ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and make not vain your deeds!" (Quran 47:33)