1. What is Hadith

2. What is the definition of Hadith?
Arabic meaning is Modern or Contemporary. Opposite of Ancient.
It also means News or Talking.
In Islamic literature it means the saying of prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Nevertheless, in Hadith also used in Qur’an

3. The Arabic word Hadith means ‘statement' or ‘talk'
The Arabic word Hadith means ‘statement' or ‘talk'. In the Shariah, the word Hadith means those things or action, which Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said or did. You will also come across the word ‘Sunnah' which is also used for Hadith, but usually ‘Sunnah' is used to report a deed, such as how the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) slept or ate etc, while Hadith is used for ‘talk'.

4. Difference between Quran and Hadith Qudsi
1) Quran is verbatim word of Allah to prophet through Angel Jibraeel. Quran starts with Surah Fatihah and ends with Surah Naas.Quran was written at the time of prophet Muhammad. As it was revealed it was dictated. It was verified in house of Hafsa and compiled in the form of book at the time of Omar Ibn Khateeb. Quran is protected from any distortion by Almighty God himself.
2) Hadith Qudsi is the word of God revealed to prophet through the language of Prophet. Qudsi does not necessarily mean it is confirmed or authentic. It can also be forgery, or it’s Isnad are questionable.
It is not stated that Hadith is also protected from distortion by Almighty.

5. Prophet said not to write Hadith which is in the most reliable sources of Hadith.
The Prophet said, "Do not write down anything from me except the Quran." [Ahmed, Vol. 1, Page 171, and Sahih Muslim]

6. The speculated reasons are:
1. High rate of illiteracy. People were illiterate at the time and writing loses its value.
2. To prevent any diversion from the Qur’an or any mix up with the gradually trickling revelation and not have 2 texts to follow. There was no standard at the time to write Context of the Hadith.

7. There are six well know Hadith books, which were compiled by great scholars of Islam:
• Sahih Bukhari
• Sahih Muslim
• Sunnah Abu Dawood
• Sunnah Nasai
• Sunnah Tirmidhi
• Sunnah ibn Majah

8. The Birds
One day, a hunter set his net on the banks of a stream. Many birds, which got lured by the
grain in the net, fell into his trap. When the hunter came to gather his net, the birds suddenly flew
away with the net.
The hunter was astonished by their cooperation and coordination when he saw all the
birds flying together with the net. He decided to follow them to see what was going to happen.
A man, whom he met on his way, asked him where he was rushing to.
Pointing the birds in the sky, the hunter said he was going to catch the birds.
The man laughed and said:
“May God grant you some sense! Do you really think you can catch birds on the wing?”

9. The hunter said:
“If there was only one bird in the net I wouldn’t stand a chance. But wait and see; I will
catch them.”
“The hunter was right. When the night fell, the birds all wanted to go to their own nests.
Some of them pulled the net to the woods, others headed toward the lake. Some wanted to fly to
the mountains, others to the bushes. None succeeded and finally all of them crashed down with
the net. The hunter came and caught all of the birds.
Poor

10. Poor birds! If only they had known the following saying of our Prophet they would have
always flown in the same direction, and then they would not have gotten caught by the hunter:
“Do not separate from one another! The lamb that abandons its herd will be eaten
by the wolf.”