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school of law. He compiled his book by examining 750,000 Hadiths . He selected only 27647
Hadiths out of which
10,000 Hadiths are repeated as more than one companions reported them.
A musnad is valuable to scholars who want to check the authenticity of hadith. It is of little
value for ordinary
Muslims, who want to know answers to specific questions on a single topic. Similarly, for the
practice of Ijma
and Qiyas, the musnad collections are of no use.
Need to compile the Hadith:
2(a) Why did it become important to compile the prophetic Hadiths after the
time of the
Rightly Guided Caliphs? [10]
Answer (Learn and write):
• In the century following the time of the Rightly guided caliphs, the Muslim community
passed through a
period of unrest and civil wars. As a result some Hadiths were forged by different parties,
who tried to
manipulate the authority of the Sunnah. The major concern of the Muslim scholars was to
distinguished
authentic hadiths from the forgeries.
• The four Rightly Guided Caliphs were close Companions of the Prophet (pbuh). They
followed his Sunna
closely and after the end of their caliphate it became important to compile the Prophetic
Hadiths so that
future generations and new converts could use the Prophet’s example to clarify and resolve
questions
and disputes
• After the end of the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs in 661 , there was much turmoil.
There was an
urgent need to provide religious and political guidance to the growing Muslim nation.