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The Hadith and Sunnah-1
The Hadith and Sunnah-1
time.
The Hadith: meaning and definition
Hazrat Abdullah-bin-Masood (RA) reports that Hazrat
Muhammad (SAW) said “only two things carry importance, the
one is speech and the other is the method of action, so the
words of Allah are the best of speech and the best method is the
deeds of his messenger”
them what have been revealed for them”. This makes it clear that
or overlooked.
Inscription of Hadith
It is not true that at the time of revelation of Quraan , the Arabs were ignorant of
writing.
The holy Makkah was important trade centre even before advent of Islam. There
was no shortage of literate people. Similarly there were many people in madinah
who were familiar with reading and writing.
It was also true that along with there sophisticated speech and language there power
of memory was also matchless.
In Arab the quraish tribe was regarded to be more prominent and elite for holding
the honors of custodianship of kaaba. They were interacting with so many people of
other nations.
Indeed at the time of revelation there were 40 copyists of revelation.
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