The 4 stages of Compilation of hadiths

What is a hadith

• Words of the Prophet Muhammad

• Words of Allah SWT

• Actions of the Prophet Muhammad

• Things the companions remembered about the Prophet Muhammad

Two ways in which Hadith relate to Quran are

• The should only be used to back up what is written in Quran

• They do not contradict what is written in the Quran

• The give further explanation to what is written in the Quran

• They are more trustworthy than the Quran

The two main books of Hadith that we use today are

• Sahih Bukhari

• Sunnan Abu Dawood

• Jame'e Tirmidhi

• Sahih Muslim

During the time of Prophet Muhammad, the hadiths were

• were never written down in case they were confused with Quran.

• compiled into a book

• mainly memorised by the companions.

• always written down.

Which of the following memorised Hadiths of the Prophet during his lifetime?

• Abu Hurairah

• Abdullah bin Umar

• A'ishah

• Anas Ibn Malik

Which Caliph ordered the writing down and compiling of all the hadiths?

• Abu Bakr

• Umar

• Uthman

• Ali

Before the hadiths were written down, how could people learn from them?

• The wives of the Prophet would travel and teach people across the Muslim world.

• Only people in Makkah and Madinah had access to the hadiths.

• They didn't learn them.

• Visit a companion of the Prophet and learn them.

The companions had their own scrolls and books where they had written down hadiths.

• True

• False

All the companions knew all of the hadiths of the Prophet.

• True

• False

The Hanafi and Maliki schools of legal thought were formulated during

• The lifetime of the Prophet

• The age of the Companions

• The age of the Followers of the Companions

• The age of the Followers of the Followers