‫‪The Compilation of the Sunnah: It’s‬‬

‫‪Establishment & Development from the‬‬

‫)‪1st to 9th Century (A.H.‬‬

‫ﺗدوﯾن اﻟﺳﻧﺔ اﻟﻧﺑوي‪ :‬ﻧﺷﺄﺗﮫ وﺗطوره ﻣن اﻟﻘرن اﻷول إﻟﻰ ﻧﮭﺎﯾﺔ اﻟﻘرن‬
‫اﻟﺗﺎﺳﻊ اﻟﮭﺟري‬
‫ﺗﺄﻟﯾف‪ :‬ﻣﺣﻣد ﻣطر اﻟزھراﻧﻲ‬
 Lesson Plan
➔ The Position of the Sunnah in Islam (‫)ﻣﻛﺎﻧﺔ اﻟﺳﻧﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻹﺳﻼم‬

➔ The Importance given to the Sunnah by the Salaf (‫)ﻋﻧﺎﯾﺔ اﻟﺳﻠف ﺑﮭﺎ‬

◆ The Sahaba (‫)اﻟﺻﺣﺎﺑﺔ‬

● Their following of it
● Their precision and verification of what was narrated

◆ The Taabi’een (‫)اﻟﺗﺎﺑﻌﯾن‬

● Asking about the Isnaad

● Researching the condition of it’s Narrators
● Compilation of the Sunnah
● Traveling for it
 ● Talaqi and Riwayah (‫)ﺗﻠﻘﻲ واﻟرواﯾﺔ‬

● Tadween (‫)ﺗدوﯾن‬

● Tasneef/Ta’leef (‫)ﺗﺻﻧﯾف واﻟﺗﺄﻟﯾف‬

● Sunnah (‫)اﻟﺳﻧﺔ‬

Definitions:
○ Linguistically

○ In Fiqh

○ In Aqeedah

○ In Hadith

○ In Usool
The Position of the Sunnah in Islam: From the Qur’an
1. Nor does he speak of desire. It is only a revelation revealed (Najm: 3-4)
2. We have, without doubt, sent down the Reminder; and We will assuredly guard it (from
corruption). (Hijr: 9)
3. And We have sent down to you (O Prophet) the Reminder, so that you may explain to people
what has been revealed for them, and perhaps they will reflect. (Nahl: 44)
4. Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it. And whatever he forbids you from, leave it. And fear
Allah. Surely Allah is severe in punishment. (Hashr: 7)
5. Say, [O Muhammad], "If you should love Allah, then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and
forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful." (Aal-Imraan: 31)
6. But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge
concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no
discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission. (Nisa: 65)
 1. The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Beware! I have been
given the Qur'an and with it something similar,
yet the time is coming when a man replete on
his couch will say: Keep to the Qur'an; what
you find in it to be permissible treat as
permissible, and what you find in it to be
prohibited treat as prohibited. (Abu Dawud)

2. The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: Let me not find one of

The Position of the Sunnah you reclining on his couch when he hears
something regarding me which I have
in Islam: From the Sunnah commanded or forbidden and saying: We do
not know. What we found in Allah's Book we
have followed. (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi)

3. The Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬said: I enjoin you to fear

Allah, & to hear & obey even if it be an
Abyssinian slave, for those of you who live
after me will see great disagreement. You must
follow my sunnah and that of the
rightly-guided caliphs. Hold to it & stick fast to
it. Avoid newly invented matters, for every
newly invented matter is an innovation, &
every innovation is an misguidance. (Abu
 The Position of the Sunnah in Islam: From the
Statements of the Salaf
1. Hisaan ibn ‘Atiyah: “Jibreel used to descend upon the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬with the Sunnah, like
he used to descend upon him with the Qur’an”. (ad-Darimi, al-Kifaya, Jami’ Bayan al-’Ilm)

2. Ayub as-Sakhtiyaani: A man said to Mutarif ibn Abd’Allah, “Do not narrate to us except
that which is in the Qur’an”. He replied, “By Allah we are not seeking to replace the Qur’an
with it (Hadith), however, we are seeking by it the one who is more knowledgeable of the
Qur’an than us”. (Madkhal, Jami’ Bayan al-’Ilm)

3. al-Awza'i, Makhool, Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, and others would say, “The Qur’an is in more
need of the Sunnah, than the Sunnah is in need of the Qur’an...” (ad-Darimi)
Ittiba’ Amongst the Sahaba
- Their extreme obedience and copying of him in their lives and worship, doing what he does
and leaving off what he left off

1. While the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬was leading his Companions in prayer, he took off his sandals and laid them on
his left side; so when the people saw this, they removed their sandals. When the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬finished
his prayer, he asked: What made you remove your sandals? The replied: We saw you remove your sandals, so we
removed our sandals.The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬then said: Gabriel came to me and informed me that there was
filth in them. When any of you comes to the mosque, he should see; if he finds filth on his sandals, he should wipe it
off and pray in them. (Abu Dawud)

2. Allah's Messenger (‫ )ﷺ‬wore a gold ring or a silver ring and placed its stone towards the palm of his hand and had
the name 'Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah' engraved on it. The people also started wearing gold rings like it, but
when the Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬saw them wearing such rings, he threw away his own ring and said. "I will never wear it,"
and then wore a silver ring, whereupon the people too started wearing silver rings. Ibn `Umar added: After the
Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬Abu Bakr wore the ring, and then `Umar and then `Uthman wore it till it fell in the Aris well from
`Uthman. (Bukhari)

3. Umar said: My Ansari neighbor from Bani Umaiya bin Zaid who used to live at `Awali Al-Medina and used to visit the
Prophet (‫ )ﷺ‬by turns. He used to go one day and I another day. When I went I used to bring the news of that day
regarding the Divine Inspiration and other things, and when he went, he used to do the same for me. (Bukhari)
Precision & Verification Amongst the Sahaba
❖ Anas said: “If I were not afraid of making a ❖ Abdurahman ibn Abi Layla: “I met 120 Ansar from
mistake I would have narrated to you [more] the companions of Muhammad (‫)ﷺ‬. Not one of
things I heard from the Prophet (‫)ﷺ‬, and that’s them would narrate a hadith except he would
due to him saying,”Whoever lies upon me wish his brother took care of the responsibility of
intentionally, let him take his seat in the Hell-fire”. it for him. And not one would issue a verdict,
(ad-Darimi) except he would wish his brother would take care
➢ Do unintentional mistakes fall under this of it for him.” (ad-Darimi)
hadith?
➢ Qualify the hadith when you are narrating
by using ‫أو ﻛﻣﺎ ﻗﺎل ~ وھﻛذا ~ أو ﻧﺣوه‬
➢ Practice saying “I don’t know!” ❖ He also said: We said to Zayd ibn Arqam: “Tell us
➢ This is a way of venerating the Sunnah a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (‫)ﷺ‬.' He
said: 'We have grown old and have forgotten, and
narrating from the Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬is a
serious matter”. (Ibn Majah)
The Importance given to the Sunnah by the Salaf: Amongst the Taabi’een
❖ al-Humaydī narrated from Sufyān who said: ‘The
A different approach for a different time period! people would transmit from Jābir before there
appeared what appeared, then when there
❖ Muhammad bin Sīrīn , that he said: “Indeed this appeared what appeared, the people imputed him
knowledge is faith, so carefully consider from in his Ḥadīth and some of the people abandoned
whom you take your faith” (Muqadimah Muslim) him’. So it was said to [Sufyān]: ‘What appeared?’
[Sufyān] said: ‘Belief in ar-Raj’ah’. (Muqadimah
He also said: “They used to not ask about the chains of Muslim)
narration, and when the Fitnah occurred, they said:
‘Name for us your men’! So Ahl us-Sunnah would be ❖ Abū Ishāq al-Fazarī said to me: ‘Write from
regarded, and their Ḥadith were then taken, and Ahl Baqiyyah what he transmits on authority of those
ul-Bi’dah would be disregarded, and their Ḥadith were who are well-known, and do not write from him
not taken” (Muqadimah Muslim) what he transmits on authority of those who are
not; do not write from Ismā’īl bin Ayyāsh what he
❖ Yahyā bin Sa’īd, he said:‘I asked Sufyān transmits on authority of those who are
ath-Thawrī , Shu’bah, Mālik, and Ibn Uyaynah well-known or otherwise ’.(Muqadimah Muslim)
about a man who is not reliable (Thabt) in Ḥadīth,
and someone comes and asks me about him, ❖ Ubayd Allah bin Amr said, Zayd Ibn Abī Unaysah
and they said: ‘Inform [others] against him that he said: ‘Do not take [Ḥadīth] from my brother’
is not reliable’. (Muqadimah Muslim) .Ubayd Allah bin Amr added: Yahyā bin Abī
Unaysah was a liar (Muqadimah Muslim)
Their Travels: When? Why?
The Messenger of Allah (‫ )ﷺ‬said: "Whoever ❏ Ibrahim ibn Ad’ham: “Indeed Allah
takes a path upon which to obtain knowledge,
Allah makes the path to Paradise easy for him." removes the calamities from this nation
(Tirmidhi) due to the travels of the people of
Hadith” (‘Uloom al-Hadith)
❏ Yahya ibn Maen said: “Do not expect
guidance from four: The gatekeeper,
The doorman of the judge, The son of
an innovator, and a man who studies
in his homeland and does not travel
to seek the knowledge of hadith”.
(Rihla fi Talab al-Hadith)
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A glimpse at travelling to verify a SINGLE
hadith! ibn ‘Ata

The
Israel Abu Ishaq Abdullah Uqbah ibn
Prophet
ibn ‘Ata ‘Amir
(‫)ﷺ‬

Sa’d Ibn Ziyad Ibn Shahr ibn Abu

Ibrahim Mikhraaq Hawshab Rayhana