The Islamic Hadith and its influence in Islamic Civilization

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The Islamic Hadith and its influence in Islamic Civilization
Islamic Hadith provides silent approval for individuals in Arabic and Islamic civilization in terms of their behaviour and interactions with other people. The words, actions, and teachings of Prophet Muhammad give guidance to the Muslim community. Along with the Quran, they provide education to Muslims worldwide, significantly impacting the Arabic and Islamic civilization. The hadith directs some aspects of Muslim life, such as religious obligations, mode of dressing, type and time of prayer, salutations, and benevolence to neighbours and the help. However, unlike the Quran, Islamic Hadith is not embraced by every Muslim as some individuals are not prepared to follow the sharia laws. The Sunni Muslims, the largest branch of Islam religion, believe and follow the Hadith while Shi'a Muslims the other denominations reject the Hadith referring to it as fabricated. This essay intends to show that the question on the authenticity of the Hadith does not impact Islamic beliefs of the different denominations.
There are countless versions of Hadiths, which causes contradictions between them. Hadith may be hadith Qudsi or sacred hadith, which Muslims consider to be the direct words from God (Allah) and hadith sharif, which are regarded as the direct words of Prophet Muhammad. A hadith comprises of the following categories; Matn, Isnad, and Taraf. Matn is the main content of the hadith containing the information the reader requires. The Isnad is the sequence of reports in which the hadith has spread, and Taraf is a text that acts as a reference to Prophet Muhammad’s teachings and words. CITATION Typ18 \l 1033 (Types of Hadith)
The teachings of Prophet Muhammad were passed orally through generations after his death. It wasn’t until a hundred years later that it is believed the leader of Rashidun Caliphate, Caliph Uthman ibn Affan suggested the documentation of the life, actions, and words of Prophet Muhammad. This century gap is what caused differences in narrations and content as the reliability depended on what information the narrator was exposed to. The Sunni Muslims took their narrations from Abu Bakr and Umar and considered those who followed Ali’s version to be unreliable. The disagreement between the Sunni and the Shia Muslims stems from their recollection of Prophet Muhammad’s words based on the trust in the credibility of each of their narrators.
The Hadith has, however, come in for criticism with individuals mostly questioning the authenticity of the laws and if they are connected to Prophet M...