Abstract
Nobody can deny this fact that Muslims believe that the Prophet (ﷺ) communicated the religion to the world in two forms, the Holy Qur'an and the Hadith which called Sunnah as well. The contents of the religion are therefore contained in these two sources. The Holy Qur'an is the Book of Allah (سبحانہ وتعالی) and the Hadith is the set of the religious practices including the worship rituals, social customs and etiquette. Just like the Holy Qur'an, the Hadith too was taught by the Prophet (ﷺ) to the entire generation of the Companions who transmitted it to the next generation and it has reached us with the consensus of all the people in each generation of the believers. This generality to generality mode of transfer makes it absolutely authentic like the Holy Qur'an. No doubt is entertained regarding their historical authenticity and no one questions their origin. This status of the Hadith has remained unchallenged and undisputed throughout the centuries. There have been many differences among Muslims in their juristic opinions, but the authority of the Holy Qur’an and the Hadith of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) was never denied by any jurist. Leaving aside some scattered individuals who separated themselves from the main stream of the Muslim population, nobody has ever refused to accept the Hadith and Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) as a sacred source of the Islamic law. Therefore, in the present article we provide an objective and the importance of Hadith in Islam based on the original sources of Islamic learning.
Muhammad Dawood, Aziz-ur-Rehman Saifee. (2020) The Status And Importance Of Hadith In Islam (A Research Study), Habibia Islamicus, Volume-04, Issue-1.
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