Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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The Living Tradition: Why Hadith Matters in Islam? December 8, 2024

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Sirat Ibn Ishaq (Beirut, 1978), p. 140
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 24601
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 631
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 1297
Quran 16:44 · An-Nahl
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 2533
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 1
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 6502
Sahih al-Bukhari, hadith no. 113
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 20498
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Literal and technical meaning of Hadith
“Hadith literally means conversation”
1 min 25 sec
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Why the Quran alone isn't sufficient without Hadith
“So why is Hadith even necessary?”
39 sec
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Quran alone isn't enough without Hadith
“Some say the Quran is enough for us”
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Aisha: Prophet's character was the Quran embodied
“Kana khuluquhul Quran — his character was the Quran”
1 min 19 sec
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Understanding prayer and hajj requires the Prophet's example
“Watch me pray, and pray as you see me pray”
1 min 10 sec
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What sanad and matn mean, explained via a famous hadith
“Every hadith we receive has two parts”
3 min 10 sec
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Hadith Qudsi explained through its full chain and sacred text
“Let me narrate a hadith with a full chain and Hadith Qudsi”
4 min 56 sec
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How Hadith was preserved: memorization, writing, Abu Hurairah
“These hadiths reached us through three channels”
5 min 16 sec
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The golden age: classifying authentic versus weak hadith
“This era is called the golden age of hadith compilation”
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Chain of narration is part of religion itself
“Talab-e-uluw-al-isnad minad-deen”
1 min 53 sec
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A scholar's humbling hajj story shows books aren't enough
“Rituals of worship can never be understood from Quran alone”
26 sec
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Prophet: I leave two things among you
“I am leaving two things among you”
1 min 21 sec
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The mother bird parable on Allah's mercy
“A companion picked up a baby bird on the road”
1 min 21 sec
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Women's contribution to preserving Hadith
“What was women's contribution to preserving Hadith?”
4 min 39 sec
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Aisha's deep scholarship in Quran and Hadith
“The most famous name here is Aisha”
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Aisha: they recited but didn't truly read
“Ulaika qara'u wa lam yaqra'u”
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Aisha corrects a misogynistic superstition claim
“Bad luck lies in three things: women, horse, house?”
1 min 15 sec
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Ibn Asakir's female hadith teachers and a dictated book
“A huge number of Ibn Asakir's teachers were women”
2 min 9 sec
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What the science of narrator-biography (ilm al-rijal) is
“What is the science of ilm al-rijal?”
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Testing a hadith narrator's honesty with a camel
“A man tricked a camel with an empty bowl”
1 min 24 sec
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How Hadith guides family and marital life
“How does Hadith address family, marriage, and society?”
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Bedouin's black baby: a genetics analogy
“A bedouin came to the Prophet doubting his son”