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• the time of the Companions immediately after the Prophet’s death. [10]
Marking scheme:
During the Prophet’s time there was no official recording or transcripts of Hadiths of what he
said. Instead the
generation of Muslims who lived with the Prophet (pbuh) sought to preserve his words and
deeds either in
their memory or through some means of writing. Amongst the documents that became part
of Hadith
collections were the official records of the Prophet’s discourses and statements etc. e.g. The
Peace deal for
Suraqa bin Naufal; As -Sahifa ‘Ali etc.
After the Prophet’s death the Companions assumed both religious and political leadership in
the community.
For example, Ibn Abbas in Makkah, Ibn Masud in Kufa, and Salman Farsi in Isfahan had the
responsibility of
teaching the new generations of Muslims and new converts about the religion and Sunnah of
the Prophet
(pbuh). Thus, the study of Hadiths began as a practical attempt to gather, organise and sift
through the
authoritative statements and behaviour attributed to the Prophet (pbuh).
• Companions like Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and ‘Ali did not record large number of Hadiths but
rather preserved
the teachings in their actions and methods of reasoning rather than by citing them directly.
• It was often the junior Companions who became the most prolific collectors and
transmitters of
Hadiths. Abu Hurayra narrated 5374 Hadiths, Abdallah ibn Umar was 23 years old when the
Prophet
(pbuh) died but is the second largest source of Hadiths, narrating 2630 Hadiths, Ibn Abbas
narrated
1660 Hadiths. Though narrators like Ibn Abbas and Abu Hurayra knew the Prophet (pbuh)
for a short
period of time they gathered their vast volumes of Hadith by seeking them out from the
senior