Hadith

Hadis or Hadith:

Just as Quran is the express revelation through Muhammad, the Hadis or Hadith are implied revelations in the precepts and sayings and actions of the prophet, not written down in his lifetime, but preserved by traditions and handed down by authoriesd agents. Hadis is totally based on traditions of Islamic community. These are recorded and are authoritative sources. Bukhari has recorded about 7000 such hadis. The words of the Quran are the words of the Allah, while the words of Hadith are the words of the prophet reported by people. Hadis are recorded after one and half century of the demise of the phrophet.

Hadis are the books containing the Sunna. It means that Sunna is the Action and words spoken by the prophet and Hadis is the scripture where these are recorded. It is believed that the prophet forbade his followers from writing his preaching and his actions. He believed that writing what was being done might cause confusion between his actions and the words of the Quran. Therefore, no Hadis has been discovered from the time of the prophet. Nevertheless, it is believed that after his death, the Sunna were written down in several books and all complied together are called the Hadis.

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