The Blessed Hadith Shareef

The Blessed Hadith Shareef
By: Amina Noormohamed

Muslims follow the Holy Quran and the Hadith Shareef of Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam. The Quran is holy scripture, Word of Allah. Hadith is what Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam said. Sunnah is what Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam said, did, and approved of. When we read Hadith we learn about his sunnah. We want to learn about his Hadith because we want to follow what he did and what he approved of, in detail. Hadith is mentioned in the Quran and it is referred to as Hikmah (Wisdom) in the following verse:

"For Allah has sent down to you the Book and the Wisdom and taught you what you knew not (before): and great is the Grace of Allah upon you." (4:113)

Hadith is next in importance to the Quran, because Allah tells us in the Quran to obey Him and the beloved Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam as in the following verses:

"You have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful example (of conduct) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the final Day and remembers Allah much." (33:21)


"Say: If you do love Allah, then follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins, and Allah is Forgiving Merciful."(3:31)

"O people! The Messenger has come to you with the truth from your Lord. Therefore believe, (it is) better for you. And if you disbelieve, still, lo! to Allah belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. And Allah is ever Knower, Wise." (4:170)

"O you who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger and those of you who are in authority, then if you have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the Messenger if you are (in truth) believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and very good in the end." (4:59)

"Whoso obeys the Messenger, indeed obeys Allah and whoso turns away: we have not sent you as a warder over them." (4:80)

"O you who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and turn not away from him when you hear ( him speak)." (8:20)

"O you who believe! Be not unfaithful to Allah and the Messenger, nor knowingly betray your trusts." (8:27)

"O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and render not your deeds useless." (47:33)


"And whatsoever the Messenger gives you, take it. And whatsoever he forbids, abstain (from it). And fear Allah. Lo! Allah is severe in retributing (evil) (59:7)

"The (true) believers are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger and afterward doubt not, but strive with their wealth and their lives in the way of Allah. They are the truthful." (49:15)

"And whoever does not believe in Allah and his Messenger, We have surely prepared a blazing fire for the disbelievers." (48:13)

"And it becomes not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and his Messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any choice in their affair, and whoso disobeys Allah and his Messenger, he surely goes astray in error manifest." (33:36)

For this reason the Quran is the first source of Muslim law and Hadith is the second source of Muslim law.