The Structure of Hadith
The 3 Classes of Hadith
What are Sahih, Hasan, and Da’eef?
What Sunnah is Islamically considered to be.
What is anything the prophet (S.A.W) said or did is considered to be sunnah?
The sunnah was a form of what?
Revelation
The Sound Six.
What are Bukhari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nisai’, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah?
The Atba at Tabiun.
Who are the followers of the followers or anyone who studied under the tabiun?
The three cultures that challenged the Islamic culture.
What is Greek, Roman, and Persian culture?
The conditions for a Hadith to be considered Da'eef (List all).
What is it when One of the narrators is known to be a liar, when one of the narrators did not meet the narrator before/ after him, and when One of the narrators was known to have a faulty memory?
How did the prophet teach the sahabah Quran and how would he teach them when there was something significant he wanted them to learn?
He would teach them orally and would read his significant verses 3 times.
A true hadith should not contradict the ______, ______, or ______.
Quran, Islamic principles, an already confirmed hadith.
One similarity and one difference between Hasan and Sahih.
Scholars graded the memory of narrators. If their memories were excellent, then it was considered Sahih. If the memory was considered acceptable, then it was Hasan. One similarity is that both are considered authentic.
The oldest book of Hadith from atba at tabiun time to reach us.
The needed attributes in a narrator/collector when it came to how “relatively reliable” they were. (At least 3)
Memory, fame, politics, moral, and philosophy.
The difference between Sahih, Hasan, and Da’eef Hadith in respect to rulings.
All Sahih Hadith can be used for rulings. Hasan Hadith can also be used as evidence for rulings. Da’eef Hadith can not be used for rulings. THe main opinion is that they can only support authentic texts.
The Punishment for altering sunnah (Exact quote).
”Whoever lies on me will find his seat in the Hellfire."
When Imam Bukhari went to a man in search of questions for a certain hadith, what did he see that made him refuse to take the hadith from the man and why?
The man was signaling for his donkey to come closer as if he had food for the animal when in reality he didn’t. When Imam Bukhari saw this, he said, “If this man can lie to a donkey, then he can lie about the prophet Muhammad (SAW).”