Grade : X Unit 4 Lesson : 2 Recording Sunnah

1. Define Sunnah?

Sunnah is sayings, deeds and approvals of the prophet Muhammed (S). It is the second source of Islamic legislation.

2. Who was the first scholar to compile the prophet’s hadith? Who instructed him to do that?

The first scholar who compiled the prophet’s hadith was Muhammed ibn Muslim, famously known as ibn shihab al-zuhri. He was one from the first generation of scholars after the prophet’s companions.

Amir al Mu’minin Omar ibn Abdul Aziz instructed him to do so.

3. Who was the first person ever to write the hadeeth?

Abdullah ibn Amr (R)

4. Did Many of the Sahabah write down the hadeeth?. Explain why or why not

They didn’t. It was because the prophet generally discouraged them from writing at that time. He feared that people would mix them with the Qur’an, and become confused between the two. The only one who was permitted to write was Abdullah ibn Amr. He wrote them for his personal use.

5. Describe how the ahadeeth were transmitted from one generation to another, or from one place to another during the first century of Islam?

The Sahabah travelled from one place to another to collect ahaadeeth. Jabir ibn Abdullah travelled for a month to Syria to hear a hadeeth directly from the other sahabi who heard it directly from Rasoolullah(S). Many Companions like Ibn masood travelled farthest regions to collect and preserve ahadeeth to transmit them for the next generation. The ahadeeth were transmitted along by memory and the chains of narrations were preserved.

6. Mention the major types of hatheed books.

• Sahih Books; are books that mention only ‘sahih’ (authentic) hathids such as ‘Sahih Al-bukhari’ and ‘Sahih Muslim’
• Sunan : These books collect hadiths on rulings referred to the Prophet (S) arranged in terms of fiqh chapters such as ‘Sunan Abu Dawud’, Sunan at- Tirmidhi and ‘Sunan an –Nasa’i.
• Compilations ((مصنفات: Books containing hadiths ascribed to the Prophet(S) and strictly narrated by a Companion or a Tabiee such as Musnnaf Abd al-Razzaq ibn Hammam Al San’ani’ and Musannaf Abi Bakr ibn Abi Shaybani.Masanid: These books collect hadiths on rulings referred to the Prophet (S) arranged in terms of fiqh chapters such as ‘Sunan Abu Dawud’, Sunan at- Tirmidhi and ‘Sunan an –Nasa’i.
• Ma’ajim: Hadeeths are arranged according to the Sheikhs of the author such as Al-Tabarani’s ‘Mu’ajam al- Kabir’.
• Ajzaa (أجزاء) : Small books collected certain hadeeths or the sayings of a sheikh such as imam Al-Bukhari’s ‘Juz’ fi Raf’ al-Yadayn’ (جزء في رفع اليدين) and Imam Al-Bayhaqi’s ‘Reading after the Imam’
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• 7) What was the name of the first compiled hadeeth book? Who compiled it?

Al-Muwatta’ by Imam Malik ibn Anas, the founder of the second school of fiqh.

8) Why did Omar ibn Abdul Aziz (R ) instruct the scholars of Madina to write the Hadiths?

He feared the loss of hadiths as the prophet (S ) feared as he said; “ I fear the disappearance of knowledge and the demise of its bearers” (Narrated by Al- Bukhari)

9)Mention the most important two books to compile authentic hadiths.

Sahih-al-bukhari , Compiled by Abu Abdillah Muhammed ibn Ismail ibnIbrahim ibn al Mughirah ibn Bardizbah al-Ju’fi al-Bukhri (R ).

Sahih-Muslim, compiled by Muslim ibn al Hajjaj (R )

10) If a scholar compiles hadiths on the benefit of jama’a prayer in a special book, will his book be called a ‘ma’jim’ or ‘sunan’ or ‘juz’?

Juz’