1. Sources of Wisdom and Authority
6 – Hadith and Sunnah

2. Starter Activity
What did you learn about the Hadith and Sunnah from your research last lesson?

3. Hadith What are they? Later compiled together ‘Saying’ or ‘report’
Sometimes Muhammad’s reaction to something
Hadith
From Muhammad
Not word-for-word accurate
Sometimes a teaching from Muhammad
Originally passed on through word of mouth

4. Hadith
Problems were caused through the hadith being passed on through word of mouth initially. It led to people attributing teachings and quotes to Muhammad which were not true. In order to resolve this issue, scholars became very strict about verifying them. The chain of transmission – isnad - (and each person in the chain) of each had to be checked and approved before something could be determined to be a genuine hadith.

5. Hadith
To help them decide which hadith were genuine, scholars devised a classification system to decide whether a hadith was:
Sahih (authentic)
Da’if (weak)
Maudu (doubtful)

6. Your Task Read through the handout and answer the following questions:
Why did Muhammad not like the hadith to be written down?
What are the six accepted/accurate collections of hadiths?

7. Hadith
The hadith cover all kinds of topics on which a Muslim may need further advice, including:
Faith and knowledge of Islam
Ablution and prayer, welfare tax, fasting, pilgrimage
Business, employment, other legal matters
Jihad
Creation
Marriage, family life, divorce
Food, drink, clothing, manners, vows

8. Sunnah What is it? Supplementary to Qur’an and hadith ‘The practice’
Of Muhammad
Passed on through observation, imitation,
instruction
Perfect Muslim example

9. Sunnah
‘Sunnah’ refers to the practices of Muhammad as part of his mission, which were followed by his companions and then passed on from there. The prophet’s life and actions are to be emulated and treated as an example to be followed.

10. Sunnah
“Ye have indeed the Messenger of God as a beautiful pattern of behaviour” (Surah 33:21) “He who obeys the Messenger, obeys God” (Surah 4:80)

11. Sunnah
“Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet… he commands them what is just and what is evil” (Surah 7:157) “We have sent down to you the Message, that you may explain clearly to men what is sent for them” (Surah 16:54)

12. Progress Check Plenary
What have you learnt this lesson?
Facts – e.g
Ideas/viewpoints
Similarities/differences - diversity
Key words/concepts
Examples of how religion affects the world around us – e.g. culture
What contribution to your learning did you make?
Contributed to class discussion
Worked in a pair/group
Organised my time well
Found out information for myself
Answered thoroughly and thoughtfully
Completed extension task
Monitored my progress
Peer/ self assessed work
How did you learn it?
Research work
Discussion
Questioning
Pairs/ group work - collaborative
Independent learning
Using technology e.g video/ internet
What do you need to do in order to make further progress?
Do further research
Background reading
Develop my writing technique
Contribute more in class
Proof read my work
Give examples to back up my ideas
Make connections between different beliefs and faiths