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Ways through which hadith evolved.

Ways through which hadith evolved.

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Ways through which hadith evolved.

(i) Hadith evolved in situations where a question or problem was referred to the Prophet (p .b .u .h) and there was no guidance from the Quran. In such a case Allah would want the prophet to give an answer tot he matter or a directive and hence such directives became hadith.

(ii) As an interpretation of the Quran. Some aspects of Quranic messages are concise and brief and the Prophet (p.b.u.h) had to elaborate further on such matters such as prayers, Zakat e.t.c.

(iii) As a demand of circumstances. There were situations where Muslims did not know what to do and the prophet provided the required guidance e.g. the decision to ?ght the enemies outside Madina in the battle of Badr.

(iv) Through the prophet’s own initiative. Allah gave the Prophet (p .b.u.h) the authority to legislate on some matters of faith. Such laws given by the prophet became the second primary source of law and were recorded as hadith (Q 53:3, 3:32, 59:7).
gregorymasila answered the question on February 28, 2018 at 12:40

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