SS II WEEK IRK
DATE: Monday 27th June, 2022. SUBJECT: Islamic studies CLASS: SS II TOPIC: Authenticity of the Hadith INTRODUCTION The need for establishing the authenticity of hadith. Unlike the Quran, the hadith was not documented during the Prophet’s lifetime. The Prophet is reported to have discouraged the writing of his sayings lest they might be confused with the text of the Quran. The Hadith were therefore passed on mainly orally before they were committed to writing and gathered into collections between one hundred and three hundred years after Hijrah during the reign of the Caliphate of Umar Ibn Abdul ' Aziz. Obviously, when words are not recorded in writing at once there is a possibility of errors in their transmission: 1. The human memory is fallible: A saying might be partly forgotten or the meaning changed by mistake. 3. There is a possibility of forgery: An unscrupulous person holding a different view may invent or change the Prophet’s saying on purpose in order to sup...