Ḥadīth ( / ˈhædɪθ / or / hɑːˈdiːθ /; Arabic: حديث, ḥadīṯ, Arabic pronunciation: [ħadiːθ]; pl. aḥādīth, أحاديث, ʾaḥādīṯ, Arabic pronunciation: [ʔaħaːdiːθ], lit. 'talk' or lit. 'discourse') or Athar ( Arabic: أثر, ʾAṯar, lit. 'remnant' or lit. 'effect') refers to what most Muslims and the Hadith Scholarship and Criticism. Sirah, Hagiographies of the Prophet, including also information on his wives, and companions. Western Revisionist Approaches to the Prophet Muhammad and Critical Responses. Important Online Hadith Texts in Arabic. Downloadable Arabic Research Library. Some Muslims believe that Islamic guidance should be based on the Quran only, thus rejecting the authority of hadith; some further claim that most hadiths are fabrications (pseudepigrapha) created in the 8th and 9th centuries AD, and which are falsely attributed to Muhammad. There are five fundamental principles of understanding ahaadith. A detailed discussion on each follows. 1. The Quran is the Measure of Truth. The first and foremost principle is that the Quran is the real measure of truth regarding ahaadith. In fact, it is the only criterion of truth in all religious matters. All Muslims, be they Sunni or Shia, agree that hadiths are essential to understanding Islam. Hadith are important because without them the Qur'an does not make sense. They provide a context to the verses in the Qur'an. The Qur'an is a rather concise book and therefore contains many general statements. For instance, the Qur'an commands Muslims to pray, but it does not provide the details of how Hadith is a central source of Islamic theology and law and is considered to be second only to the Quran in importance. Hadith are recorded in collections called "mussannaf," which are compiled by Islamic scholars and transmitters of hadith. QfOhF.

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