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    The compilation of hadith can be divided into five periods: The first period began with the Prophet Muhammad and his emphasis on following his Sunnah. Several Sahaba wrote down ahadith during his life. The second period saw individual Sahaba compile small books of hadith. The third period saw the development of methodology to verify hadith authenticity amid political divisions and fabricated hadith. Major hadith works were compiled in Islamic cities. The fourth period established the science of hadith verification through rigorous isnad analysis. Six major canonical books of hadith were compiled. The fifth period focused on preserving all hadith irrespective of authenticity in large compilations.

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    The compilation of hadith can be divided into five periods: The first period began with the Prophet Muhammad and his emphasis on following his Sunnah. Several Sahaba wrote down ahadith during his life. The second period saw individual Sahaba compile small books of hadith. The third period saw the development of methodology to verify hadith authenticity amid political divisions and fabricated hadith. Major hadith works were compiled in Islamic cities. The fourth period established the science of hadith verification through rigorous isnad analysis. Six major canonical books of hadith were compiled. The fifth period focused on preserving all hadith irrespective of authenticity in large compilations.

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    The compilation of hadith can be divided into five periods: The first period began with the Prophet Muhammad and his emphasis on following his Sunnah. Several Sahaba wrote down ahadith during his life. The second period saw individual Sahaba compile small books of hadith. The third period saw the development of methodology to verify hadith authenticity amid political divisions and fabricated hadith. Major hadith works were compiled in Islamic cities. The fourth period established the science of hadith verification through rigorous isnad analysis. Six major canonical books of hadith were compiled. The fifth period focused on preserving all hadith irrespective of authenticity in large compilations.

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    The Compilation of Hadith 

    The  history  of  compilation  of  hadith  can  be  divided  into  five 
    periods. The efforts and the endeavours of the Muslims in gathering 
    together and preserving hadith is one of the greatest achievements 
    of  the  Muslims.  The  care  and  honesty  with  which  this  task  was 
    carried out by the scholars is the brightest chapter of Muslim history. 
    We can be justly proud of them. 
     
    The First Period 
    The  first  period  obviously  begins  with  the  Prophet  (peace  and 
    blessings  be  upon  Him)  himself.  During  this  period  he  emphasized 
    the  importance  of  his  Sunnah.  ‘Whoever  turns  away  from  my 
    Sunnah  is  not  amongst  us.’  (Bukhari)  Consequently,  the  Sahaba 
    followed  the  Sunnah  in  minutest  detail  and  eagerly  memorised  his 
    sayings. Several Sahaba had written ahadith during the Prophet’s life. 
    Furthermore,  the  Prophet  himself  dictated  many  letters  and  other 
    documents. Thus the compilation of hadith had already started. 
     
     
    The Second Period  
    The second period extends from the Prophet’s death to the end 
    of  the  first  century  Hijra.  The  Sahaba  were  very  cautious  about 
    relating  anything  to  the  Prophet,  since  they  had  heard  him  say, 
    ‘Whoever lies about me, let him take his place in the hell fire. Many 
    Sahaba  had  compiled  small  books  of  hadith.  Some  prominent  ones 
    are  Abu  Huraira,  Abdullah  bin  Abbas,  Abdullah  bin  Umar,  Zaid  bin 
    Saabit and Abdullah bin Amr. 
     
    The Third Period 
    The  third  period  begins  from  the  turn  of  the  second  century 
    Hijra  and  is  spread  over  a  period  of  fifty  years.  This  is  a  formative 
    period  of  science  of  hadith.  Due  to  political  and  sectarian  divisions, 
    many  ahadith  were  fabricated.  So  the  scholars  began  to  exercise 
    great  care  in  accepting  a  hadith.  They  developed  methods  of 
    verifying  the  authenticity  of  a  hadith.  A  set  of  terminology  was 
    devised  for  this  purpose.  Books  of  hadith  were  being  compiled  in 
    major  Islamic  cities;  Mawatta  of  Imam  Maalik  in  Madina,  Jama`e 
    Sufiyan Sauri in Kufa etc. 
     
    The Fourth Period 
    The fourth period extends from the middle of the second to the 
    fifth century Hijra. The Muhaddiseen had up till now relied heavily on 
    memory, but with an ever increasing number of hadith coupled with 
    the danger of fabrication, the Ulama evolved an elaborate system of 
    verifying  the  authenticity  of  a  hadith.  Thus  they  developed  the 
    science  of  hadith.  During  this  period,  many  voluminous  books  of 
    hadith were compiled, some of them were: 
    Musannaf Abdul Razzaq        211 AH 
    Musnad Abu Dawud Tialsi        204 AH 
    Musnad Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Shaiba     225 AH 
    Musnad Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal 
    (A compilation of 30,000 ahadith)    241 AH 
    Musnad Abdullah Ibn Hameed      243 AH 
    Musnad Haras Ibn Usama        280 AH 
    Musnad Abu Bakir Bin Bazzaz      296 AH 
    • Six Canonical Books (Al‐Sihah al‐Sittah)  
        The  third  century  Hijra  is  aptly  known  as  ‘The  Golden 
    Period of Hadith’. During this period, scored of voluminous books of 
    hadith  were  complied.  However  six  of  these  books  called  ‘The  Six 
    Canonical Books’ or ‘Al‐Sihah Al‐Sittah’ are very famous: 
     
     
    The author        No. of hadith     Date 
    Imam Muhammad Bin Ismail Al‐Bukhari          7200      256 AH 
    Imam Muslim Bin Hajjaaj Al‐Qushairi                      7000      261 AH 
    Ahmed Bin Shoaib Al‐Nasai               5761      303 AH 
    Abu Dawood Sulaimaan Bin Ash`ath            4800      275 AH 
    Abu Eesa Muhammad Bin Eesa Tirmazi           4600      274 AH 
    Muhammad Ibn Yazeed Ibn Maja             4341      273 AH 
     
    The Fifth Period 
    This  period  is  the  completion  of  compilation  of  Hadith.  The 
    major  objective  of  the  compilers  of  the  six  canonical  books  was 
    authenticity  of  the  hadith,  consequently  they  compiled  only  a 
    fraction of the ahadith they knew. For instance,  Imam Bukhari knew 
    600,000  ahadith  but only  compiled  7200 in  his  Sahih.  However,  the 
    later  compilers  wanted  to  preserve  all  the  ahadith  irrespective  of 
    their authenticity, so we have voluminous collections in this period. 
    The following are major works of this period:‐ 
    Musnad Imam Abu Yaala    307 AH 
    Musnad Imam Tahawi    321 AH 
    Sahih Ibn Hibaan      354 AH 
    Tabraani          360 AH 
    Daara‐Qutni        386 AH 
    Imam Haakim        405 AH 
    Imam Baihaqi        458 AH 
    Ibn‐e‐Huzaima        311 AH 
     

     
    (If you cannot understand anything in this article or if you have a question related to it, you 
    are most welcome to send your queries and questions to: [email protected]) 
     

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