SELECTED

HADTHIS
INSTRUCTOR
GHULAM YASEEN
INTRODUCTION TO HADITH
Literal Meaning of Hadith:
The literal meaning of Hadith is “to happen”, “to inform”,
“report”, “speech” and “discussion”.

Terminological Meaning of Hadith:

In Islamic terminology every saying, deed and sermon
delivered or any act done in the presence of Rasulullah
‫ ﷺ‬and he did not express his dissent is called Hadith.
The plural of Hadith is Ahadith in Arabic.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HADITH & SUNNAH
Sunnah is always an act of the prophet, ‫ﷺ‬, while a hadith
is a report of his statement, act, silent approval or an
incident that took place in his life.
Sunnah has come down to us from generation to
generation while hadith has been reported, in most cases,
by one individual to another.

Sunnah is clear in what it stands for where as the context of

a hadith had to be understood and interpreted.
COMPONENTS OF HADITH
Hadith, in general, is made up of three basic components:

1. SNAD or ISNAD (Sequence of Reporters): This is the

chain of narrators through which the Hadith has
spread.

2. TARAF (Introductory Text): This is the beginning of the

text which refers to the actions or characteristics of the
Holy Prophet ‫ﷺ‬.

3. MATN (Content): This is the main text of the Hadith, or

the actual speech of the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬.
TYPES OF HADITH
According to the nature of Hadith:
‫ق‬
1. Hadith Qawli (‫)حدی ِث ولی‬: Which is based on the words of
the Messenger of ‫ ف‬Allah‫ ﷺ‬.
2. Hadith Faili (‫)حدی ِث علی‬: Which is based on the actions of
‫تق‬
the Messenger of Allah‫ﷺ‬ .
3. Hadith Tqreeri(‫ری‬ ‫)حدی ِث ری ن‬:
‫ ض‬The actions or words of the
Companions ‫ر ی ہللا ع ہم‬, which happened in the
presence of the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬, and he maintained them,
or when someone's action was mentioned in front of the
Prophet ‫ﷺ‬,he kept silent about it and did not prohibit
to do so.
TYPES OF HADITH
According to the number of reporters :
1. Mutawatir: is a Hadith which is reported by such a large
number of people that they cannot be expected to
agree upon a lie.
2. Ahad: is a Hadith which is narrated by people whose
number does not reach that of the Mutawatir.
3. Mash'hur: is a Hadith reported by more than two
reporters.
4. Aziz: is a Hadith reported by only two reporters at all
stages.
5. Gharib: At some stage of the isnad, only one reporter is
found relating it.
TYPES OF HADITH
According to the number of reporters :
1. Mutawatir: is a Hadith which is reported by such a large
number of people that they cannot be expected to
agree upon a lie.
2. Ahad: is a Hadith which is narrated by people whose
number does not reach that of the Mutawatir.
3. Mash'hur: is a Hadith reported by more than two
reporters.
4. Aziz: is a Hadith reported by only two reporters at all
stages.
5. Gharib: At some stage of the isnad, only one reporter is
found relating it.
TYPES OF HADITH
According to the Authenticity of reporters :
1. Sahih: Sahih means “Sound”. Hadith reported by a
trustworthy reporter known for his truthfulness,
knowledge, correct way of narrations etc.
2. Hasan: Hasan means “Good”. Hadith whose reporters
are known and have solid character but weak memory.
3. Da`if: Da’if means “Weak”. Hadith ranking under Hasan
(good) because of a shortcoming in the Isnad
(Sequence of Reporters).
4. Maudhu: Maudhu means “Fabricated”. Hadith having
wording opposite to the confirmed Prophetic traditions.
SIHAH SITTAH (THE AUTHENTIC SIX BOOKS)
Al-Sihah al-Sittah”, which is generally translated as "The
Authentic Six".
They are in order of authenticity:
1. Sahih al Bukhari, collected by Imam Bukhari (d. 870).
2. Sahih Muslim, collected by Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (d. 875).
3. Sunan Nasa’i, collected by an-Nasa'i (d. 915)
4. Sunan Abu Dawood, collected by Abu Dawood (d. 888)
5. Jami at-Tirmidhi, collected by al-Tirmidhi (d. 892)
6. Sunan ibn Majah, collected by Ibn Majah (d. 887)

Note: There are many other books of Ahadith like;

Musnad Ahmad, Muwatta Malik, Sahih Al Jami, Mustadrak
al Hakim, Ibn Hibban, Sunan Darmi, Darqutni, Shubul
Eeman, Baihaiqi, As Sunan Al-Kubra, Targheeb wa Tahreeb
etc.
HUJIYET ‫( جحی ت‬AUTHORITY OF) HADITH
Just as the Qur'an is a proof in the laws of the Sharia, so is
‫ْن َو اَّل َو ٌی ْو‬
the Hadith. As Allah Almighty‫ ُق‬says: ‫َو‬
‫ ى ۔ ِا ُه & ِا ْح ُّی ٰحى‬+‫ِن اْل‬
‫َما َیْنِط َع َه‬
‫ٰو‬
“And he does not speak out of his own whim/desire. But it
is only what is revealed to him.”
Allah ‫ سبحانہ وتعالٰی‬further says:
‫ َو َم ا َنٰه ىُك ْم َع ْنُه َفاْنَتُهْو ۚا‬- ‫َو َم ۤا ٰا ٰت ىُك ُم الَّرُس ْو ُل َفُخ ُذ ْو ُۚه‬
“Whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it. And
whatever he forbids you, abstain from it.”

‫ َّر ْو َل ْد َا‬further
Allah‫ َع‬Almighty
‫ْن‬
says:
‫َۚه‬+‫َم ُّی ِعِط ال ُس َفَق َطا الّٰل‬-
He who obeys the Messenger (‫)ﷺ‬, has indeed obeyed
Allah.
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‫ُّل‬ ‫ن َل َل َر ُل‬ ‫ض‬ ‫َر‬ ‫َر‬ ‫ْن‬
‫ "ُلُك‬:‫ َقا ُعُسو اللِه ﷺ‬: ‫َع َٔاِبي ُه ْي َة ر ي الله ع ه َقاَّل‬
‫ل ُس‬ ‫َد‬ ‫َن‬
‫ْر ُع‬ ‫ِد‬‫ْع‬‫َت‬ : ‫َّشْم‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ُل‬ ‫ِف‬ ‫َتْطَل‬ ‫ُسالَمى ِم ال َدَّناِس َوَعَلْيِهُنَص َّرَق َل ف َدٍم‬
‫و‬ ‫ُك‬ ‫ٌة‬
‫َن‬
‫ِه‬ ‫ْي‬ ‫َي‬
‫ ُتِعْي ال ُج ي اَّبِتِه ْحَفَتِم َلُه َعَلْيَها َٔاو َت َف َلُه‬،‫َبْي اْثَنْيِن َص َقٌة‬
‫َو‬ ‫َد ٌة َو ُة ُة َد ٌة َو‬
‫ ِبُك ِّل ُخْط ٍة َتْمِشْيَها ِإَلى‬، ‫ الَك ِلَم ال َّطِّيَب َص َق‬، ‫َعَلْيَها َمَتاَعُه َص َق‬
‫َد‬ ‫َو‬
‫ ُتِمْيُط أَالذى َع ال َّط ْي َص َقٌة‬،‫الَّصالِة َص َقٌة‬‫َد‬
‫ِن ِر ِق‬
Messenger of Allah(‫ )ﷺ‬said, "On every joint of man,
there is charity, on everyday when the sun rises: doing
justice between two men is charity, and assisting a man to
ride an animal or to load his luggage on it is charity; and a
good word is charity, every step which one takes towards
(the mosque for) Salat is charity, and removing harmful
things from the way is charity. (Bukhari & Muslim)
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‫ُن‬ ‫ُد‬ ‫َل َّد‬ ‫َو‬ ‫ُن‬ ‫ُد‬ ‫َّد‬
‫َعْب اْلَع ي ْب‬
‫َل‬ ‫َثِن‬ ‫َح‬ ‫َقا‬ ‫‪،‬‬
‫َل‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ْل‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ِد‬‫ْب‬ ‫َع‬ ‫ْب‬
‫َل‬ ‫َّل‬ ‫ل‬ ‫ا‬ ‫َعْب‬ ‫َثَنا‬ ‫َح‬
‫ِب‬
‫َّه‬
‫َن ِز ِز‬ ‫ُت‬
‫ي‬
‫َّد‬ ‫ِه‬
‫َسِمْع َسْه ُل ْب َسْعٍد ‪،‬‬ ‫َل‬ ‫َأِبي َحاِز ٍم ‪َ ،‬قا َح َثِني َأِبي َقا ‪،‬‬
‫َو‬ ‫س‬
‫صلى اللهَلعليه و لم َقا " َأَنا َك اِف اْلَيِتي ‪،‬‬ ‫َذ‬ ‫َعِن ال َّنِب‬
‫ِم‬ ‫َو ُو‬ ‫َو‬ ‫ِّي‬
‫ِفي اْلَجَّنِة َهَك ا "‪َ .‬قا ِبِإْصَبَعْيِه الَّسَّباَبِة اْل ْسَطى‪.‬‬
‫‪)said, "I and the person‬ﷺ( ‪The Prophet‬‬
‫‪who looks after an orphan and provides for‬‬
‫‪him, will be in Paradise like this," putting his‬‬
‫‪index and middle fingers together.‬‬
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‫َل َر ُل‬ ‫ن ق‬ ‫َر َر َۃ ض‬ ‫َا‬
‫َقاُف سو الَّلِه َصَّلى اللُه‬:‫َس ی ہللا ع ہ ال‬ ‫َعن بی ُھ ی ر‬
‫ل‬ ‫ُّد‬ ‫ُر‬ ‫ُن‬ ‫س َم‬
‫ َلي الِمْسِكي الذي َيُطو عَلى ال َّنا َت ُه ا ُّلْقَمُة‬: ‫عليه و َّل‬
‫ِس ُد‬ ‫ُن‬ ‫َر‬ ‫َر‬ ‫ل‬
،‫َس َيِج ِغًنىُيْغِنيِه‬ ‫ وَلاَلِكنَ الُمِمْسِكي ُلالذي ال‬، ‫ والَّتْم ُة والُقَّتْم َتاِن‬، ‫وا اَل ُّلْقَمَتاِن‬
‫ف َّد‬ ‫ُن‬
‫ و َيُقو َفَيْسَأ ال َّنا‬،‫ ُيَتَص عليه‬،‫و ُيْفَط ب ه‬.
Hazrat Abu Hurairah ‫رض ي الله ع ن ه‬narrated: Messenger of
Allah(‫ )ﷺ‬said: A needy person is not the one who goes
from door to door, begging and is turned away with a
morsel or two or with a date or two. But a needy person is
the one who does not have enough to live upon, and
neither from his appearance it occurs that he is needy and
should be given alms, nor does he himself beg anything
from others. (Bukhari & Muslim)
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‫ْن‬ ‫َّد ُدَّمَحُم ُن‬ ‫ْر‬ ‫ُن ُن‬ ‫َّد‬
‫اًل‬ ،
‫َّن‬
‫َة‬‫َح‬ ‫ْل‬ ‫َط‬ ‫َع‬ ، ‫َة‬‫ َحَل َثَنا ْب َطْلَح‬، ‫َح َثَنا ُسَلْيَما ْب َح ٍب‬
‫َر‬ ‫ٌد‬ ‫َر‬ ‫ْن‬
‫ َأ َلُهَنَفْض‬،‫ َأى َسْع ِضَي الَّلُه َعْنْلُه‬: ‫ َقا‬، ‫َع ُمْصَعِب ْبِن َسَلْعٍد‬
‫ُر‬ ‫َو َم‬ ‫ْن ُد‬
‫ َه ُتْنَص و‬: ‫ َفَقا ال َّنِبُّي َصَّلى الَّلُه َعَلْيِه َسَّل‬،‫َعَل َزى َمَن اَّل وَنُه‬
‫ْم‬ ‫ْر‬ ‫َو‬
. ‫ُت ُقو ِإ ِبُضَعَفاِئُك‬
Narrated Musab bin Sad (RA):
Once Sad (bin Abi Waqqas) thought that he was superior to
those who were below him in rank. On that the Prophet
‫ ﷺ‬said, "You gain no victory or livelihood except through
(the blessings and invocations of) the poor amongst you.”
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‫ق‬ ‫ن ق‬ ‫ض‬
‫ل‬ ‫ص‬ ‫ل‬
‫رسول ا له لقى ا له‬
‫ن‬ ‫ل‬
‫ ال‬:‫عن أب يهريرة ر ن ي ا له ع ه ال‬
‫ن‬ ‫ن فق ف‬ ‫ن فق ف‬ ‫س‬
‫ ودي ار‬،‫ ودي ار أ ت ه ي ر ب ة‬،‫ دي ار أ ت ه ي س ب يلنا له‬: ‫تعل قيه و لم‬
‫ل‬
‫ًر‬ ‫ق‬ ‫ن ف‬
‫ أعظ مها أج ا‬،‫ ودي ار أ ت ه على أهلك‬،‫صد نت ب ه على مسكين‬
‫ق‬ ‫ف‬
‫الذي أ ت ه على أهلك‬
Hazrat Abu Hurairah ‫رض ي الله ع ن ه‬narrated: The Messenger of
Allah ‫ﷺ‬,said:
“The dinar that you spend in the way of Allah, and the
dinar that you spend on a slave, and the dinar that you give
in charity to the poor, and that The dinar that you spend on
your family is the most rewarding of the dinar that you
spend on your family.“ (Muslim)
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‫ن َل َل‬ ‫َا‬ ‫َو ْن‬
‫ض‬ ‫َر‬ ‫َر‬
‫ َقا ال َّنِبُّي صلى الله‬: ‫َع ِبی ُه ْي َة ـ رُل ى الله ع ه َقا‬
‫ٌر َن‬ ‫َو ُد‬ ‫َر‬ ‫َد‬ ‫س‬
‫ اْلَي اْلُعْلَيا َخْي ِم‬،‫ َأْفَض الَّص َقُلِة َما َت َك ِغًنى‬:‫عليه و لم‬
‫َو َد ْن‬
‫ اْب ْأ ِبَم َتُعو‬،‫اْلَيِد الُّسْفَلى‬
Hazrat Abu Hurairah ‫رض ي الله ع ن ه‬narrated: The Messenger of
Allah ‫ﷺ‬,said:
The best alms is that which is given when one is rich, and a
giving hand is better than a taking one, and you should
start first to support your dependents. (Bukhari)
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‫َل ٌن َّن‬ ‫ن َّن‬ ‫ش ض‬ ‫ن‬ ‫َو‬
‫َعِن ال عماِن اب ِن ب ی ر ر ی ہللا ع ہ إ الحال ب ِّي وإ‬
‫ٌت ع َّن ٌر َن‬ ‫ٌر‬ ‫َم ٌن‬
‫َو َع‬ ‫ِم‬ ‫ي‬ ‫ث‬
‫ك‬ ‫ُه‬‫َلُم‬ ‫َي‬ ‫ال‬ ‫ا‬‫ه‬‫ِب‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ْش‬ ‫ُم‬ ‫ُأمو‬ ‫ما‬ ‫ُه‬‫َن‬ ‫ي‬ ‫وَب‬ ‫ِّي‬ ‫ب‬ ‫حرا‬ ‫ل‬ ‫ا‬
‫َر‬ ‫ق‬
‫ال َناِس َفَمِن اَّت ىٰ الُّشُبهاِت اْسَتب َأ ِلِد يِنه وِعرِضه ‪َ،‬لوَمن َق‬
‫َّر‬ ‫َر‬ ‫َو ف‬ ‫ف‬
‫ِي الُّشُبَهاِت َع َقعَ ِياَل الْحَّناِم ‪ ،‬كال اِعي َيرٰعى َحو اَّنلِحٰمى‬
‫ف‬
‫يه ‪ ،‬أ وإ ِلكِّل َمِلٍك ِحًمى ‪ ،‬أال وإ َح ِحَمى‬ ‫َّن‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ر‬ ‫َأن‬ ‫ُك‬‫وِش‬
‫ُد‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫ف‬
‫ُي‬
‫ض‬
‫َي‬
‫غ‬
‫اللِه َمَحاِر ُمه ‪ ،‬أال وإ ي ا َجلَسِد ُم ًة إذا َصَلَح َصَل الَجَس‬
‫ل ق ُب‬ ‫َد ْت َد ُد‬
‫ُك ُّله وإذا َفَس َفَس الَجَس ُك ُّله أال وِهَي ا ل‬
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‫ن‬ ‫ض‬
Hazrat Nu'man bin Bashir (‫ )ر ی ہللا ع ہ‬reported: The
Messenger of Allah (‫ ))ﷺ‬said:
What is lawful is clear and what is unlawful is clear, but
between them are certain doubtful things which many
people do not know. So he who guards against doubtful
things keeps his religion and his honour blameless. But he
who falls into doubtful things falls into that which is
unlawful, just as a shepherd who grazes his cattle in the
vicinity of a pasture declared prohibited (by the king); he is
likely to stray into the pasture. Mind you, every king has a
protected pasture and Allah's involved limits is that which
He has declared unlawful. Verily, there is a piece of flesh in
the body, if it is healthy, the whole body is healthy, and if it
is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt. Verily, it is the heart.
(Bukhari & Muslim)
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‫َل‬ ‫ُت‬ ‫ن‬ ‫ض‬ ‫َن‬ ‫نَو‬
‫ثصلى‬ ‫عِن ال اِس ب ِن َسمَعا ر ي الله ع ه َسٔاْل رسو‬
‫ُّر ُن ل ہّٰللا ُم‬ ‫ق‬ ‫َو‬ ‫س‬
‫ والإ ما َحاَك‬، ‫ الب ُحس ا ُخْلِق‬: ‫الله عفليه و لم َعِن الِب اِال ْث َع َف ال‬
‫َت ِّر ِم‬
‫ وَك ْه َأن ُّيَّطِل َعَليِه ال َّناس‬، ‫ ِفي َن ِسَك‬.
‫ِر‬
‫ن‬ ‫ض‬
Nawwas bin Sam'an (‫ )ر ی ہللا ع ہ‬reported:
I asked Messenger of Alla(‫ )ﷺ‬about virtue and sin, and
he said, Virtue is noble behaviour, and sin is that which
creates doubt and you do not like people to know about it.
(Muslim)
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‫َر‬ ‫ُت ْن‬ ‫ن‬ ‫ض‬ ‫َو‬
‫لی رَد ْع ی ہللا ع ھما َحِفْظ اَل ِم ُسوَّنِل الَّلِه‬ ‫ل‬
‫َعِن ا َحَسِن اب ِن َع‬
‫َو َم‬
‫َما َيِريُبَك ِإَلى َما َيِريُبَك َفِإ‬ ‫َصَّلىَقالَّلُه َعَلْيِه َّنَسَّل‬
‫َو‬
‫الِّصْد ُطَمْأِنيَنٌة ِإ اْلَك ِذ ِر يَبٌة‬
‫َب‬
‫ن‬ ‫ض‬
Al-Hasan bin 'Ali said (‫ )ر ی ہللا ع ہ‬said:
I remember that the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said:
Leave what makes you in doubt for what does not make
you in doubt. The truth brings tranquility while falsehood
sows doubt.
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‫ُل‬ ‫َل‬ ‫عن أ يهريرة رض ي الله ع ن‬
‫ ُسِئ فرُسو ِہّٰللا صلى الله عليه‬،‫َس ه‬ ‫س ب ْن ث َر ْد ُل‬
‫ق‬
‫ َتَقوى اللهِ وُحسنُ الُخل‬:‫و لمَل َع َأْك ما ُي ِخ ُل ال َّنا الج َنَة؟ ال‬
‫ِق‬ ‫ل ُم َرُج‬ ‫ق‬ ‫ن َس ن َر ف‬ ‫ث‬ ‫ئ‬
‫ ا َف والَف‬:‫ ال‬، ‫و ُس عن أك ر ما ُيدِخ ال ا ال ا‬
Hazrat Abu Hurairah ‫رض ي الله ع ن ه‬narrated:
Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬was asked about the deed which
will be foremost to lead a man to Jannah. He replied, "Fear
of Allah and the good conduct." Then he was asked about
indulgence which will admit a man to Hell (Fire) and he
answered, "The tongue and the genitals (private parts).
(Tirmidhi)