Jamaat ul Muslimeen (Guest)
25-10-2001, 10:04
Bismillahir Rehmanir Raheem
t is a common misunderstanding amongst people that hadiths were collected and written down after 150 to 200 years of Prophet Muhammad(s.a.w) 's death.
Hadiths were compiled and written down since the time of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w), companions (r.a) of the Prophet (s.a.w) had their own scrolls or books, with the help of these scrolls and books were other hadith books compiled.
At first the Prophet (s.a.w) stopped the companions (r.a) to write down hadiths,told them to erase anything other then Quran but however narrate hadiths as nothing but the truth comes out of the Prophet(s.a.w) 's mouth, and whoever lies upon the Prophet (s.a.w) should locate his place in hell [Saeeh Muslim]
He probably didn't want the Quran to get mixed with hadith, the people should know the difference. Later he permitted to write hadiths :
Apostle of Allah (s.a.w) said to Abdullah bin Omro (r.a) " write hadiths, I swear by who holds my life in it 's hand, from this mouth nothing but the truth comes out"
[Abu Dawood, volume 1, pg 158]
Abdullah bin Omro (r.a) says: " we were seated near Apostle of Allah (s.a.w) and writing, in this manner was asked: which city will be first conquered, Constinpole or Rome? He (s.a.w) said: Hercule 's city will be conquered first"
[Darami, pg 126]
Prophet (sa.w) said " write this hadith and give it to Abu shah (r.a)...." [ Saeeh Bukhari, Saeeh Muslim]
Hazrat Ali (r.a) says: " we don't have anything but Kitab Allah and the scriptures in which are hadiths of Apostle of Allah (s.a.w)" [ Saeeh Bukhari & Saeeh Muslim]
Hazrat Abu Huraira says " In the companions (r.a) no one tells hadiths more then I do but Abdullah bin Omro (r.a), because he use to write them and I didn't" [ Saeeh Bukhari]
Hazrat Anas (r.a) heard a hadith and liked it so much, he told his son to write it and he wrote it. [ Saeeh Muslim, Kitab ul Iman]
Hazrat anas (r.a) says that when Hazrat Abu Bakr (r.a) sent him to Yemen as the governor, he wrote on a scroll and gave it to me whose article was " Start with Allah's name who is Rehman and Raheem, this is the obligations of Zakat which Apostle of Allah (s.a.w) has made a obligation on the Muslimeen and this is what Allah ordered it 's own apostle"
[ Saeeh Bukhari, Kitab ul Zakat]
The narrator Hamad bin Salma says " I got this book from Anas (r.a) 's grandson Samama" [ Nisai, kitab ul zakat]
Imam Malik (r.e) says: " I read Hazrat Omar (r.a) 's book" [ Mutawa Malik, pg 106]
From these few narrations from many, we can conclude that Hadiths were being written down since from the Prophet (s.a.w) 's time. From these scripts other famous hadiths books like Bukhari & Muslim etc were compiled.
A Muslim should also bear in mind the following hadiths:
Book 40, Number 4587:
Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib:
The Prophet (s.a.w) said: Beware! I have been given the Qur'an and something like it, yet the time is coming when a man replete on his couch will say: Keep to the Qur'an; what you find in it to be permissible treat as permissible, and what you find in it to be prohibited treat as prohibited..... [ Abu Dawood, Sanad: Saeeh]
Book 40, Number 4588:
Narrated Abu Rafi':
The Prophet (s.a.w) said: Let me not find one of you reclining on his couch when he hears something regarding me which I have commanded or forbidden and saying: We do not know. What we found in Allah's Book we have followed. [ Abu Dawood, Sanad: Saeeh]
t is a common misunderstanding amongst people that hadiths were collected and written down after 150 to 200 years of Prophet Muhammad(s.a.w) 's death.
Hadiths were compiled and written down since the time of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w), companions (r.a) of the Prophet (s.a.w) had their own scrolls or books, with the help of these scrolls and books were other hadith books compiled.
At first the Prophet (s.a.w) stopped the companions (r.a) to write down hadiths,told them to erase anything other then Quran but however narrate hadiths as nothing but the truth comes out of the Prophet(s.a.w) 's mouth, and whoever lies upon the Prophet (s.a.w) should locate his place in hell [Saeeh Muslim]
He probably didn't want the Quran to get mixed with hadith, the people should know the difference. Later he permitted to write hadiths :
Apostle of Allah (s.a.w) said to Abdullah bin Omro (r.a) " write hadiths, I swear by who holds my life in it 's hand, from this mouth nothing but the truth comes out"
[Abu Dawood, volume 1, pg 158]
Abdullah bin Omro (r.a) says: " we were seated near Apostle of Allah (s.a.w) and writing, in this manner was asked: which city will be first conquered, Constinpole or Rome? He (s.a.w) said: Hercule 's city will be conquered first"
[Darami, pg 126]
Prophet (sa.w) said " write this hadith and give it to Abu shah (r.a)...." [ Saeeh Bukhari, Saeeh Muslim]
Hazrat Ali (r.a) says: " we don't have anything but Kitab Allah and the scriptures in which are hadiths of Apostle of Allah (s.a.w)" [ Saeeh Bukhari & Saeeh Muslim]
Hazrat Abu Huraira says " In the companions (r.a) no one tells hadiths more then I do but Abdullah bin Omro (r.a), because he use to write them and I didn't" [ Saeeh Bukhari]
Hazrat Anas (r.a) heard a hadith and liked it so much, he told his son to write it and he wrote it. [ Saeeh Muslim, Kitab ul Iman]
Hazrat anas (r.a) says that when Hazrat Abu Bakr (r.a) sent him to Yemen as the governor, he wrote on a scroll and gave it to me whose article was " Start with Allah's name who is Rehman and Raheem, this is the obligations of Zakat which Apostle of Allah (s.a.w) has made a obligation on the Muslimeen and this is what Allah ordered it 's own apostle"
[ Saeeh Bukhari, Kitab ul Zakat]
The narrator Hamad bin Salma says " I got this book from Anas (r.a) 's grandson Samama" [ Nisai, kitab ul zakat]
Imam Malik (r.e) says: " I read Hazrat Omar (r.a) 's book" [ Mutawa Malik, pg 106]
From these few narrations from many, we can conclude that Hadiths were being written down since from the Prophet (s.a.w) 's time. From these scripts other famous hadiths books like Bukhari & Muslim etc were compiled.
A Muslim should also bear in mind the following hadiths:
Book 40, Number 4587:
Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib:
The Prophet (s.a.w) said: Beware! I have been given the Qur'an and something like it, yet the time is coming when a man replete on his couch will say: Keep to the Qur'an; what you find in it to be permissible treat as permissible, and what you find in it to be prohibited treat as prohibited..... [ Abu Dawood, Sanad: Saeeh]
Book 40, Number 4588:
Narrated Abu Rafi':
The Prophet (s.a.w) said: Let me not find one of you reclining on his couch when he hears something regarding me which I have commanded or forbidden and saying: We do not know. What we found in Allah's Book we have followed. [ Abu Dawood, Sanad: Saeeh]