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Response to 23 Questions - Part 142 - What is Hadith ( Hadees Kya Hai ) - Javed Ahmed Ghamidi

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Ulama began writing and compiling the Sunnah in the latter half of the second century.

1. GCIL PODCAST - Javed Ahmed Ghamidi discusses “What is Hadith” and the historical growth of hadith compilation. 2. Javed Ahmed Ghamidi is the speaker, and the host repeatedly asks him to explain the origin, arrangement, and standards of hadith transmission. 3. The episode asks how prophetic reports moved from the Prophet’s era to the major books and what that process means for authority. 4. Umar bin Abdul Aziz sends a letter to Abu Bakr bin Hazm saying, “Unzur Ma Kana Min Hadise Rasoolillahi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Faqtubu.” 5. The same letter gives the reason, “Fa Inni Khiftu Dirusal Ilm Ba Zahaabil Ulema,” because knowledge might disappear with the death of scholars. 6. Ghamidi names Amrah bint Abdur Rahman, Qasim bin Muhammad, and Muhammad bin Shihab Zuhri as early figures whose narrations were specifically gathered. 7. He says the second century saw hadith work in Makkah, Madinah, Basra, Sham, Yemen, Iran, and Khorasan. 8. He lists Ibn-e Juraish, Ibn-e Ishaq, Imam Malik, Rabi Ibn-e Sabi, Saeed Bin Aruba, Hammad Bin Salama, Sufyan Sauri, Auzai, Hushaim Bin Bashir, Mamar, Jareer Bin Abdul Hameed, and Abdullah Bin Mubarak as part of that expansion. 9. He says the collections of that period included Prophetic narrations, Sahaba sayings, and sometimes the fatwas of senior followers. 10. He says the later second century saw Imam Malik, Imam Shafi'i, Yahya Bin Saeed Al-Kattan, Waki, Sufyan Bin Uyaina, Shoba, Abdul Rahman Bin Mahdi, and Lais Bin Saad refining the rules and terminology. 11. He says the third century is when hadith reached its “perfection” and the books later known as Sihah Sitta were arranged. 12. He names Ali Bin Al-Madini, Yahya Bin Main, Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Shaiba, Abu Zura Razi, Abu Hatim Razi, Ibn Jarir Tabri, Ibn Khuzayma, Ibn Saad, Ishaq Bin Rahway, and Ibn Qutayba as major third-century muhaddiseen. 13. He also names Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal’s Musnad as a major reservoir from the same period. 14. He says Imam Bukhari’s Al-Jami'us Sahih and Imam Muslim’s Al-Jami'us Sahih became the best-known reliable collections. 15. He adds Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Nasai, and Jami' Tirmidhi as the other books that later became standard references. 16. He cites more than 10,000 Sahaba and more than 18,000 narrators in jarh wa ta'dil as evidence of how much biographical work was done. 17. Ghamidi describes hadith scholarship as a human effort, not revelation, so criticism and comparison remain part of the field. 18. He says the transmission resembles historical writing, with manuscript copying, version differences, and later comparison between copies rather than a single fixed text. 19. People interested in hadith history, Sunni collections, and Islamic textual transmission would fit this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a short devotional recitation rather than a source-history discussion may skip it.

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