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Hadiths, which ones?

dynavert2012

Active Member
Thank you all for the various answers! It's interesting to see the different views about something so complex (and admittedly delicate). Some answers make sense... But I have a few more questions. Btw, I don't want this to turn into Quranic vs Sunni vs Shia... I want to see perspectives, if you want to debate do it elsewhere. Thank you for understanding.

you said what i said before, no need at all for bothering seekers by our debates. but nobody listens
1- You could technically make up a hadith that doesn't go against the Quran but isn't part of doctrine/teachings.

may you are right, and so most of scholars don't accept the hadith if all of it's ways come from only one person, specially if this hadith related to the core of the faith "what called aqeeda" or related to the Jurisprudence "fiqh"
they only accept if the hadith is repeated from more two companion, and those three companions or more had orally told more number of followers and so bukhari or any other scholar could find this hadith from 10 or more different ways some in iraq some in egypt some in syria which makes this hadith more strong and it would be impossible that all of those chains are liars and so it would be counted as authentic and in the same time reliable to take it in Jurisprudence or aqeeda
2- I often see Bukhari and Muslim said as being 100% authentic, some hadiths which I have personal experience with has left me, to say the least, uneasy. Aisha's age, now some say they are unsure about this to be true but if any of you do, then explain...

Desert climate and other apologetics don't hold up to my life experience. I was 10 when I reached puberty and my body was still child-like, my body was fully adult around mid-teens. Now everyone is different but is this really a reliable guideline? I have a hard time that a all-knowing God would recommend something so dangerous and harmful (which results in death in some cases).



Muslim's book isn't authentic 100% and there are a lot of scholars whom had comments about some hadith in it, about 12 one as i remember, about Bukhari we say it's the most authentic book after the quran, but for example if a scholar came and says i find non authentic hadith in bukhari will we say that he's not Sunni? surly not, imam ibn hazm if you hear about him had said about a hadith in bukhari as non authentic and he's still counted as Sunni, but that not means that the door is open to everybody to say this hadith isn't OK, this judgement should come from a scholar who's known by his huge knowledge and also his speech must be evaluated, judged and maybe refuted.

about the age of hz. Aysha, what's the importance of it for me or you? actually nothing, there are signs that yeah she got married at 9 years for example she died after 58 year from her marriage with the prophet and so mostly it got married while she was young, but what's the gain to know her age? nothing indeed, even if you accept what imam bukhari narrated that she was 9 when she married him, but by logic it wasn't harmful nor so dangerous at least during this era why? because if it was like that she won't love the prophet that love as she would consider him as a rapist, like if you are in 10 and you are forced to marry a man and you find the sexual relation is harmful you will not love him that love that aysha loved to the prophet, and if the girls' body on that age on that era was weak like yours, you won't find that the people of mecca used to marry in that age as so the marriage relations won't be joyful for both but you'll find that hafsa married her first marriage when she was 9 years, and the father of Amr ibn Elas "the conquer of egypt" begot him while he was 11 and so his wife was younger than him so may it was 10, so to beget on 10, so she married on 9 and there are a lot of examples on that, but at the end what's the gain you got from her age? nothing. it won't increase your faith or decrease it, and if it's really happened so it wasn't harmeful as you think, and if it's not happened so it's not a hadith that related to Jurisprudence or aqeeda and not even said by the prophet
3- If hadith are so important, why didn't Allah tell Muhammad to tell someone to write them and that they will be protected too, like the Quran? Surely it would be wiser to write them as it happens or right after it happened so there's no mistake or lie! So many lies got mixed in and even those called authentic sound sometimes dubious... It's hard to know which are true (imo).

The prophet (pbuh) forbade the writing of Hadith in the early stages of Islam, he feared that his sayings and the Quran would be mixed. Later on when the Quran was nearly completed he allowed for the Hadith to be written, Abu Saeed Al-Khudry reported that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Do not take down anything from me, and he who took down anything from me except the Qur’an, he should efface that AND narrate from me, for there is no harm in it and he who attributed any falsehood to me−and Hammam said: I think he also said:” deliberately” −he should in fact find his abode in the Hell−Fire. (Sahih Muslim Book 42, Number 7147)

It is generally known that the prophet (pbuh) discouraged documentation of his own sayings and the sunna at the early stages of his mission in order to preserve the purity of the Quran and prevent any possibility of confusion between Quran and his sunna.

During the latter part of his mission, that is, at the time when much of the Quranic text had already been documented, the prophet responded positively to the request of some of his companions to write his sayings. By the time when most of the of Quran was received, memorised and documented, the prophet permitted documentation of his Sunna and addressed the companions to “preserve knowledge through writing”
he grand-father of Amru ibn Shua'ayb narrated: "Oh prophet of Allah. We hear from you lots of Hadith we can't memorize them. Can't we write them?" The prophet replied: "Yes, write them."
Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-A'*** said: "I used to write down whatever I heard from the Messenger of Allah, so Quraysh prohibited me from doing so saying, `Do you write everything you hear from the Messenger of Allah who is a human being talking in anger or when pleased?' So I stopped writing, then I told the Messenger of Allah about it, whereupon he pointed to his mouth and said, `Keep writing, for by the One Who holds my soul do I swear that nothing comes out of it except the truth.'"
Abu Hurayra narrated: "No one among the companions of the prophet narrated more Hadith than me except Abdullah ibn Amru. He used to write it down and I did not."
and there are a lot of narrators that say that they were writing the hadith.
 
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Salam Bro . Let me try to understand you clear . Now if a hadith Isnad goes Like z->y->x......c->b->a , where Only Person z was alive and all other were dead , can that Isnad be Sahih ?

:sorry1:

now that i think about it my version was very mis-leading :(
 

illykitty

RF's pet cat
you said what i said before, no need at all for bothering seekers by our debates. but nobody listens

about the age of hz. Aysha, what's the importance of it for me or you?

Well, if Muslims are to follow in the footsteps of the Prophet, if she was 9 then people could think it's okay to marry with a child... That's the issue.

And thank you for the rest, I understand your perspective better.
 

dynavert2012

Active Member
Well, if Muslims are to follow in the footsteps of the Prophet, if she was 9 then people could think it's okay to marry with a child... That's the issue .


yes we are ordered to follow the prophet in everything, but all the scholars didn't extract from that Hadith that we are allowed to marry a child only to marry once both males and females are capable of bearing the hardships of marriage, all hardships "sexual, physical and psychological" and the evidence of what i'm saying that the prophet had engaged her while she was six so why he didn't marry her at six? the answer because at this time she couldn't bear all the marriage hardships and so he waited till she got older and bear all of that although that her father was willing to finish the marriage earlier.

plus we are not allowed to follow everything the prophet did, for example he married nine at the same time, are we allowed to marry nine? maximum is four but this was special thing for him.

And thank you for the rest, I understand your perspective better.
hope it clears your doubts or at least some.
 
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Shia Islam

Quran and Ahlul-Bayt a.s.
Premium Member
You could technically make up a hadith that doesn't go against the Quran but isn't part of doctrine/teachings.

A Hadith will not be judged to be a certain Hadith unless this certainty can be indisputably established.

That is why we can find a Hadith that we can't attest of its certainty, although it may satisfy all of the following:

1. it doesn't go against the teachings of Islam.
2. it satisfies the the conditions of a Correct (Sahih) Hadith which are related to the chain of narrators and its text.

However, we can't claim that it's made up...
 

Shia Islam

Quran and Ahlul-Bayt a.s.
Premium Member
Thanks for your honest answer .


I must admit though that I have –unintentionally- exaggerated in what I said, as the following points show:

1. oral transmission of Narrations (Hadith) went side by side with the written one.

2. the companions and disciples of the Imams used to show the imams written Hadith for confirmation.

3. Although there was no mass printing, physical books written in the past have longer life span than our books today. They used to on woods, genuine leather etc…and tampering with these writings is not easy. They live for centuries.

4. There were what is called the 400-original-manuscripts, which were the original manuscripts of 400 well know companions of the imams.

5. Ahlulbayt a.s. encouraged their followers to write, remember, and transmit their Hadith. The Shia Majlis (gatherings) held nowadays, in which Hadith is read, are dated back to the days of the imams.

6. The Hadith and the Quran represented the only knowledge and the most valuable possessions for the Shia, they are their constitution, law, code of practice etc… The need for them to be preserved was there.

7. There are also the letters written by the imams, the Duas (supplications) that they have instituted etc.

8. The style of the speech of the imams is exceptional.

9. The Imams speak in one voice and one narrative.

10. The imams foretold about the time we are living in, in which our imam will be hidden and in which we rely on the Hadith to understand the Quran.

11...

Praise to Allah for this bounty الحمد لله على هذه النعمة
 

illykitty

RF's pet cat
Well this thread really makes me think and it turned out very interesting. I liked the answers and see that not everything is so black and white.

I'll have to re-evaluate certain things I thought but thank you all for participating. If I have further questions I'll know it's good to ask!
 

Monotheist 101

Well-Known Member
Well this thread really makes me think and it turned out very interesting. I liked the answers and see that not everything is so black and white.

I'll have to re-evaluate certain things I thought but thank you all for participating. If I have further questions I'll know it's good to ask!

[FONT=&quot]There are many fabricated hadiths that have infiltrated into authentic hadith collections over the centuries. One can discriminate these through conscience and reason, because no hadith can conflict with the Qur’an. If it does, then it is not an authentic hadith, and this is indisputable. What is more, it is not acceptable to annul a verse of the Qur’an on the basis of false hadiths. And even for those true hadiths which seem offensive, there is a rational interpretation that is compatible with the spirit of the Qur’an.[/FONT]
 

Gharib

I want Khilafah back
Hi Illykitty.

I hope I am not to late in my reply but I have looked into the science of hadith lightly and may be able to be of help hopefully.

There is no scholar who denies the fact that an authentic hadith may contradict the Qur'an.

What is meant by 'authentic hadith' is that it has been verified that the hadith was said by the Prophet or that he did a particular action or approved of something.

The science of hadith doesn't deal with how a particular hadith should be applied or whether it contradicts the Qur'an or not. There are many sahih (authentic) hadith which contradict each other. The science of hadith deals with proving that the Prophet said, did or approved of a certain thing.

The reason behind there being hadith which contradict the Qur'an is that the Qur'an was revealed over a period of 23 years. The Arabs had many practices which were against Islam and unless the Prophet received revelation for their prohibition he could not make them unlawful. Take the case of alcohol. If you look into the Qur'an it says that it is prohibited. Yet if you look into the hadith Muslims were allowed to drink alcohol but not get drunk. It was a practice of the Arabs to drink alcohol, and so it's prohibition came through small stages, from drinking casually and not getting drunk to abstaining from it completely. When the final stage was reached and the people had the will power to give it up, Allah forbade it in the Qur'an. Yet the fact that the Prophet allowed his companions to drink alcohol is true and is an authentic hadith.

I don't have much time, but I will address the hadith about the Prophet marrying Aisha.

By Islamic law, and by natural law, when a human reaches puberty they are an adult. This doesn't mean that they are as wise or as smart as a 30 year old. It just means that they are adults are are held accountable for their actions.

The marriage of our Prophet to Aisha was a revelation, meaning he had no choice in it. He dreamed of marrying her. According to scholars, the dreams of Prophets are a form of revelation. So he had no say in this marriage, just as he had no say in marrying the divorced wife of his adoptive son.

Aisha was not an adult at the time of proposal so she lived with her parents until she became an adult (by Islamic law) and thus was married to the Prophet and moved into his house.

Whether it is permitted for the rest of us to marry our daughters at such a young age, I don't know. But the fact of the matter is that our Prophet was exempt from many laws. For example we may not marry more than 4 wives at one time, however, he did. The reason behind it was because he had no choice. When a woman was offered to him for marriage, he had to accept and establish ties with her people. There are numerous occasions where this happened. However, we are not permitted to have more than 4 wives. There are many things which the Prophet did or was ordered to do which the rest of us are prohibited or discouraged from doing.
 
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illykitty

RF's pet cat
Okay, thank you Gharib, it is not too late (never is). Thank you for responding. I realise now that Hadiths are a little more complex than I thought.

Well I know that Aisha's age is quite debated so, it's hard to know for sure. Also, I read that there are more criteria to as if someone is of marriageable age than just reaching puberty. That was obviously my concern because reaching puberty doesn't mean you got the intellect, physical or emotional ability for marriage. At 10, I wasn't ready, in fact it took many years. I got engaged at 19 and married at 21!

I suppose though, that such a guideline is also useful in the case that our lifespan becomes shortened... Imagine if there is a disaster on Earth and our lifespan becomes, say, 30 years. If the Qur'an or Muhammad had claimed that you cannot marry until 20, then it would become illogical and probably impossible to survive.

Anyway, personally I don't think she was 9 but that's my opinion and I don't think that even if she was 9, that it permits us to marry off little girls. It's a lot more complicated than that.
 

dynavert2012

Active Member
Just a brief comment about the age of Hazart Aisha when she married the prophet, surly you heard about Zakir naik, could any body here claim that Zakir naik isn't a Sunni Muslim? i don't think so, Zakir Naik's opinion that she was 19 not 9, you can Youtube it and see, but no Muslim deny that zakir naik is still sunni although that he denied something in Shaih Bukhari, and i'm still istening to him although that i see she was 9 not 19 as he said.

about when males or females are allowed to marry, we got it from another hadith, On the authority of Saad bin Malik Al-Khudar (RA) i, that the messenger of Allah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) said : "There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm." (Related by Ibn Majah, Al-Daraqutni and others)

so surly marriage won't be done if it would lead to harm physically or psychologically
 

illykitty

RF's pet cat
Really? The first two links I found on Youtube (in English), in one he says age of puberty is the requirement for marriage, along with consent(I'm adding this so that people don't freak out) and the second he answers the claim of a newspaper saying she is 19. Zakir Naik says Aisha was 9 and that it's fine... He says she was "unique" and that by his medical opinion it was ok. (Is he a doctor?)

So I'm not sure about this but, it doesn't matter. All that matters is that there's freedom of opinion without being called a disbeliever or something similar. I'll probably never know how old she really was, there's no time machine. :p
 

dynavert2012

Active Member
Really? The first two links I found on Youtube (in English), in one he says age of puberty is the requirement for marriage, along with consent(I'm adding this so that people don't freak out) and the second he answers the claim of a newspaper saying she is 19. Zakir Naik says Aisha was 9 and that it's fine... He says she was "unique" and that by his medical opinion it was ok. (Is he a doctor?)


So I'm not sure about this but, it doesn't matter. All that matters is that there's freedom of opinion without being called a disbeliever or something similar. I'll probably never know how old she really was, there's no time machine. :p

currently my speakers are defected, i think i'll replace them by tomorrow in shaa allah , so i'm not able to hear videos right now, but i'm sure i watched video before for somebody replying to zakir naik's claim that Hz. Aysha was 19, maybe i got Alzheimer too early :D
but by the way, whatever was her age at marriage, the prophet and her had no option as brother Gharib mentioned it was a revelation, and it was common at this era of young marriage and it wasn't painful or harming as all were doing it and Hz.aysha was happy with the prophet, and if the marriage was harmful for her, surly she won't be happy with him.

and yes he's a medical doctor.
http://www.irf.net/drzakirnaik.html


May Allah guide all of us to his right path.
 
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Gharib

I want Khilafah back
Okay, thank you Gharib, it is not too late (never is). Thank you for responding. I realise now that Hadiths are a little more complex than I thought.

Yes there is more to the science of hadith. It is quite an interesting science but it can also be very complicated.

Well I know that Aisha's age is quite debated so, it's hard to know for sure. Also, I read that there are more criteria to as if someone is of marriageable age than just reaching puberty. That was obviously my concern because reaching puberty doesn't mean you got the intellect, physical or emotional ability for marriage. At 10, I wasn't ready, in fact it took many years. I got engaged at 19 and married at 21!

The thing with being permissible to marry at the age of puberty is that the time a person starts to feel attraction for the opposite gender is during that time. Now take into consideration that fact that Islam prohibits sex before marriage, marrying at the age of puberty (or very soon after) prevents the youth from committing illicit deeds with the opposite gender. Marriage in Islam is quite different to marriage in the western world. In the western world, marriage is for people who wish to settle down and have kids. There is nothing telling them that sex before marriage is wrong. So in Islam marriage is a shield, it is not about having kids straight away at the age of 12 or 15, it's about fulfilling ones needs and the risks of illicit acts being reduced drastically. It's about fulfilling ones sexual needs in a lawful manner than in an unlawful manner.

I suppose though, that such a guideline is also useful in the case that our lifespan becomes shortened... Imagine if there is a disaster on Earth and our lifespan becomes, say, 30 years. If the Qur'an or Muhammad had claimed that you cannot marry until 20, then it would become illogical and probably impossible to survive.

Yes that is a good way of seeing it. For Islam to allow marriage at that age is like the example of a fruit. If you pick it before it ripens then you've ruined it and may not even eat it, if you leave it for picking well after it ripens, worms and birds will feed of it (make it impure) but if you pick it on time you can enjoy it's full benefits.

Islam seeks what is best for us, it doesn't oblige us to get married so young, however, it allows it for those who wish to do so.

Anyway, personally I don't think she was 9 but that's my opinion and I don't think that even if she was 9, that it permits us to marry off little girls. It's a lot more complicated than that.

It was a special case as I mentioned before. The Prophet did many things which we as his followers who are obligated to follow him in every aspect of life are prohibited from doing.

In regards to her age, there are Sahih (authentic) hadith which say she was 9, she says so herself. The 19 is derived through other means which don't mention anything about the age of Aisha. From the science of Fiqh, the authentic hadith is accepted since it has been established that it is authentic and strong. Hence, the majority of the scholars who belong to the 4 schools of thought are of the opinion that she was 9 and that is the opinion which Muslims must take, the opinion which I take. Sometimes things can be difficult to accept, but if one seeks the truth rather than what they personally deem right or wrong then we must accept the truth even if with a pinch of salt.

As for Zakir Naik, he specializes in dawah (propagation of Islam) he has no authority to venture in the science of fiqh which is beyond his understanding. Islam prohibits that. So his opinions on matters like this are invalid and should not be accepted, regardless if he speaks the truth or not, it is a case of mixing the truth with falsehood when one speaks from ignorance, something that Islam prohibits and especially when it comes to the Qur'an, where the Prophet has said that if one comments on the verses of the Qur'an without knowledge, he has bought himself a ticket to hell even if his interpretation was correct.
 

dynavert2012

Active Member
Illykitty, i had Youtubed Zakir Naik and seems you are right and i was mistaken, yes he confirmed that she was 9 at marriage not 19, so maybe it's my confusion or the other Shaykh about the other video i watched, accept my apologize
Brother Gharib, thanks you added new information to me :)
 

illykitty

RF's pet cat
Illykitty, i had Youtubed Zakir Naik and seems you are right and i was mistaken, yes he confirmed that she was 9 at marriage not 19, so maybe it's my confusion or the other Shaykh about the other video i watched, accept my apologize
Brother Gharib, thanks you added new information to me :)

No worries. It's been a very interesting thread so far, maybe I'm starting to understand some things I didn't before.
 

illykitty

RF's pet cat
I know this revolves a lot around Aisha but please bear with me. Union posted a thread about Aisha in the Quran only section:

http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/quranist-dir/155401-quran-disapproves-child-marraige-aisha.html

And this was one of the links he posted in his thread:
AYESHA AGE THE MYTH OF  A PROVERBIAL WEDDING EXPOSED

I think these are what people who think she wasn't 9 often use as reasoning... What do you think of these?

Also, to anyone who thinks she was more than 9, say if it was proven she was 9 would this change anything to you? Hopefully I get some view points on this.

Anyway, sorry this revolves around this a lot, I'm trying to get my head around this... I know either case it doesn't mean a grown man or an elder has to take a young bride but it still disturbs me, being honest. I'll also pray about this matter, hopefully my mind can be put to rest over this.
 

Pastek

Sunni muslim
I know this revolves a lot around Aisha but please bear with me. Union posted a thread about Aisha in the Quran only section

Anyway, sorry this revolves around this a lot, I'm trying to get my head around this... I know either case it doesn't mean a grown man or an elder has to take a young bride but it still disturbs me, being honest. I'll also pray about this matter, hopefully my mind can be put to rest over this.

Salam illykitty,

I think about Aisha the same that i think about the supposed age of Isaac's wife : they were more older.
 
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