Article: ABCS OF RELIGION H IS FOR HADITH

Islam teaches that the Quran is God's message to humanity, conveyed to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel.

Believers also consider Muhammad's life and sayings, known as sunnah, to be perfect examples of the Quran's teachings.

Muhammad's companions and followers passed along reports of the sunnah, and these reports are known as hadith.

As Islam grew in the seventh and eighth centuries, so did the hadith. In order to preserve the integrity of the sunnah, Muslim scholars found it necessary to analyze the hadith and determine which accounts were genuine.

In analyzing the hadith, scholars considered ...

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