What is the significance of hadith

Taha When the Prophet confided in one of his wives… At-Tahrim Scholars of Islamic Law do not include the physical appearance of the Prophet in their definition.

Muhammad does not speak from his desires; indeed, what he says is revelation. An-Najm Were that the case, its meanings could be manipulated according to human desires, while maintaining its wording.

And be steadfast in prayer; practice regular charity; and bow down your heads with those who bow down in worship. Al-Baqarah However, in order to obey these instructions correctly, one must study the methodology of the Prophet in this regard. Also, there are a number of authentic hadiths in which the Prophet gave specific instructions concerning the items and quantities on which zakah was due, as well as the time it is due.

Whatever exceeds that will be counted likewise9. And no zakah is payable on wealth until a year passes on it. One of the primary duties of the Prophet was to judge between people in their disputes. Since his judgments were all based on revelation, as stated earlier, they must be considered a primary source of principles by which judgments are carried out in an Islamic State.

O believers obey Allah, obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. If you dispute about anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger.

Thus, hadiths are essential for the smooth running of the law courts in an Islamic State. Since the Prophet was guided by revelation in his personal life, his character and social interactions became prime examples of moral conduct for Muslims until the Last Day. Al-Ahzab Consequently, the daily life of the Prophet as recorded in hadith represents an ideal code of good conduct.

The science of narration, collection and criticism of hadith was unknown to the world prior to the era of the Prophet. Again the companion Abu Bakr cited the saying of the Prophet: 'A Prophet is to be buried where he breathes his last. The third issue was related to the inheritance of the Prophet, peace be upon him, as raised by his daughter Fatima who came to the Caliph Abu Bakr asking for her share.

Abu Bakr replied by reminding her of the saying of the Prophet:. Fatima didn't argue further, but retired quietly. Once the great companion 'Umar saw Khalid bin Walid wearing a silk shirt. He asked him to take it off since it is forbidden for Muslim men to wear silk. Khalid replied that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Auf used to have one as well.

Umar said: "The Prophet allowed him because he suffered badly from itching. Khalid, then, had no alternative but to take if off. Following the news of the Muslim's victory in the conquest of Syria , 'Umar advanced to Damascus with a number of Companions.

On reaching the outskirts of Amwas, a town in Syria , the news of a widespread plague in the town reached him. The heated discussion that followed came to an end when Abd ar-Rahman ibn Auf cited this saying of the Prophet:. And don't go in if you happen to be away from such a place. Someone still remarked: "'Umar!

Do you run away from a destiny decreed by God? To this 'Umar replied: "Yes, we run away from one destiny to the other decreed by Allaah as well. Such was the wisdom of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and centuries ago it. The Caliph 'Uthman once agreed to buy a piece of land from a person. On the completion of the verbal agreement, he asked the man to collect the money the following day. But the man turned up after a few days, only to renounce the agreement.

He had changed his mind because his friends had blamed him for selling the land at a low price. But he remembered the saying of the Prophet, peace be upon him, which admired a person who treated the people easily and wholeheartedly in his sales. So, 'Uthman preferred to concede to the man's wish without raising any objection.

Once 'Ali was approached by a person who wanted his counsel concerning the engagement of his daughter whose hand was sought by three persons: Hasan, Hussain and 'Abdullah bin Ja'far. But he recalled the saying of the Prophet: "The one whose counsel is sought, should be honest. And don't go for Hussain as well, as he loves to be admired. Rather go for 'Abdullah bin Ja'far.

Let us have some more examples from the lives of the Companions. Ibn Mas'ood said to him : "Whatever you have said is true, but that is not the way that the Prophet has taught us. He instructed us to say simply "Al-Hamdu Lillah" after sneezing. It would be appropriate to remind all Muslims about this Sunnah, which is commonly abandoned by a great number of them. Say "Al-Hamdu Lillah" whenever you sneeze.

If you hear someone saying this after sneezing, say to him: "Yarhamukumu Allah" May Allaah have mercy upon you. The sneezer should pray for you as well by saying: "Yahdi Kumullah wa Yuslihu Balakum" May Allaah guide you and set your affairs right. You should say it, for example, whenever you hear the name of our beloved Prophet or whenever you enter a mosque Arabic: masjid or step out of it adding these words respectively: "Allahumma Iftah li abwaba Rahmatik" O God!

I ask you for your Bounty. He kissed the Black Stone in the beginning, but he rubbed his hand on the other three corners of Ka'bah as well.

Ibn Abbas knew that the Prophet, peace be upon him, apart from kissing the Black Stone and rubbing the Yemeni corner - had never touched the other two corners during tawaf. So he objected to Mu'awiyyah, to which he replied: "To me none of the four corners of Ka'bah is deserted. Mu'awiyyah could only say: "You have said the truth. Once Ibn Abbas saw a man drawing a picture of a living being. He advised him not to do that because the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade such a practice.

He once saw his son Bilal stopping his wife from going to the mosque. Bilal was adamant that he would not allow her to go, even after listening to this saying. Ibn 'Umar was so upset that he swore never to speak to him again until his dying day. Water in this area was so abundant that his assistant planned to sell the extra amount of it, after irrigating the whole garden, to a neighbor at an exorbitant price of thirty thousand dirhams.

That offer could have attracted anyone except a companion like 'Abdullah ibn ''Amr who refused to approve of this sale because the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade the selling of any extra water. Abu Hurairrah used to address a gathering of Muslims on Friday night lit: after sunset on Thursday. Once, before beginning his sermon, he said to the people: "Whoever has cut off from any of his relations should leave this place. On repeating these words thrice, a young man left the place and went to his aunt whom he had deserted a long time before and reconciled with her.

Abu Hurairrah said this because he knew that all actions are presented to Allaah on each Friday night. He didn't like his assembly of the devout to be smeared by a person who had committed the sin of deserting his relatives. By doing so, he saved a person from a major sin.

Anas ibn Malik was known to be a faithful servant of the Prophet, peace be upon him. Once he was invited to a party where a Magian i. Anas refused to accept it. He preferred to drink in an earthen pot than to use the silver one because the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade the Muslims from eating or drinking from golden or silver utensils.

This is how the Companions behaved throughout their lives - setting sublime examples of adherence to the Sunnah. As Salamu Alaikum Brother Rami. I have never visited that site, I got this email from a friend, to prove to me the importance of Sunnah, which I had saved on my Hard Driv.

Masha Allah the article is good. Btw if you did find anything wrong with the article, please let me know because i refer to this article quite often. Jazakallahu Khairan for the warning. Wa Alaikum Salam. Any Need for Hadith? By Dr. Khalid Alvi. From time to time questions are raised about the significance of Hadith, as a pretext to reject the Sunnah. Why should we seek guidance in anything other than it? Khalid Alvi here explains the authority and position of Hadith in Islam. To deal with this topic it is necessary to know the position of the Prophet in Islam, because the indispensability of Hadith depends upon the position of the Prophet.

Analyzing the problem we can visualize three possibilities:. The duty of the Prophet was only to convey the message, and nothing more was required from him. He had not only to convey the message, but also to act upon it and to explain it. No doubt he had to convey the divine message, but it was also his duty to act upon it and to explain it to the people.

His actions and explanations are a source of guidance forever. His sayings, actions, practices, and explanations are a source of light for every Muslim in every age.

According to this verse, every Muslim is bound to have the good example of the Prophet as an ideal in life. In another verse, he has been made a hakam judge for the Muslims by Allah Almighty.

In all these capacities, he is an ideal example for the Muslims. He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them.

Obey Allah and obey the Messenger, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything amongst yourselves refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. If any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong path. One can judge the importance of the Prophet from these verses. He is the Last Prophet and is a Messenger of Allah for the whole of humanity for all time to come.

Hadith is nothing but a reflection of the personality of the Prophet, who is to be obeyed at every cost. The details were generously supplied by the Prophet himself, either by showing in his practice how an injunction is to be carried out, or by giving an explanation in words. The Sunnah or Hadith of the Prophet was not, as is generally supposed, a thing of which the need may have been felt only after his death, for it was very much needed in his lifetime. These are but two examples, but since Islam covers the entire sphere of human activities, hundreds of points had to be explained by the Prophet peace and blessings be upon him by his example in action and in words.

The scholars have discussed the question of Hadith in detail as a wahyun khafiy hidden revelation and prophetic wisdom. I do not want to go into details, but one thing must be stated clearly, that there were cases when the Prophet, not having received a revelation, made a personal effort to formulate opinion through his own wisdom, which was either to be approved or corrected through revelation.

After all, the importance of the Sunnah, even as a second source of Islam, was a settled issue for the Companions of the Prophet. To quote Dr. The importance of Hadith is increased for the Muslim by the fact that the Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him not only taught, but took the opportunity of putting his teachings into practice in all the important affairs of life.

He lived for twenty three years after his appointment as the Messenger of Allah. He endowed his community with a religion, which he scrupulously practiced himself. He founded a state, which he administered as the supreme head, maintaining internal peace and order, heading armies for external defense, judging and deciding the litigations of his subjects, punishing the criminals, and legislating in all walks of life. He married and left a model of family life. Another important fact is that he did not declare himself to be above the ordinary law which he imposed on others.

His practice was not mere private conduct, but a detailed interpretation and application of his teachings. Introduction to Islam , p. Came across this over at thetruereligion. I thought it relevent to this thread. This person sums up the issue of the importance of ahadith in a conscise and easy to understand way. However, today there are some who proclaim that the precious words of the Prophet Muhammad are not amongst the sources of Islam nor were they preserved.

This incorrect belief is mostly propagated by the Quraniyoon, who state that Islam is based only on the Quran and that the auspicious statements of the Prophet Muhammad have no place in Islam. The following points elucidate this briefly: I. What is the Dhikr? Is it the Quran only or is it the Quran and Hadith? Thus, Allah called the statements of the Prophet Muhammad Dhikr.

In order for the Dhikr to mean only the Quran there must be evidence stating that only the Quran is meant excluding the Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad since the hadith was called dhikr as well. What Is The Revealed Hikmah?

The Book is the Quran, but what is the Hikmah? The Hikmah is the Ahadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Every action done by Allah is done so with the highest degree of wisdom.

Thus, without the ahadith of the Prophet Muhammad a critical pillar of Islam, the Salah, can never be performed. The same is true for many other acts of worship like the paying of Zakah, Hajj rites, etc. Thus, the preservation of the Quran by itself has no meaning.