Hadith and Sunna – A Muslim’s Life and Faith
Table of Contents What is Hadith? Prophetic and Sacred Hadith The distinction between Sacred Hadith and Prophetic Hadith Terminus ad quem Holy Qur'an Divine Nature of Sacred Hadith Form of Recording the Sacred Hadith Sunna of the Prophet This piece of writing aims to describe the life and faith of a Muslim from the perspectives of the hadith and Sunna of the prophet. Generally, as part of a Muslim’s conventional living comes from their traditions, their behaviour is supposedly modelled on the examples of the prophet. Therefore, in this piece, we will seek to understand what a hadith is, the distinctions between prophetic and sacred hadiths, and what is understood as the Sunna of the prophet. What is Hadith? In the footnote of the book titled Forty Hadith Qudsi , Ibrahim and Johnson-Davies noted that: Hadith often rendered as “Tradition”, are the recorded words, actions and sanctions of the Prophet Muhammad. The Arabic plural of the word hadith is ahadith. [i] The ahadith, th