HADITH AND SUNNAH

HADITH AND SUNNAH
Because of the limitations of the Quran’s open-ended verses of generalization/absurdities/etc, it led to various interpretations and thus explanations were required of the biographical accounts of the sayings, customs and actions of Muhammad and his companions, to better understand the Quran – this is called the Hadith, and also considered sacred, but second to the Quran. Numerous writers produced various Hadiths over 600 years (from around 800 A.D. to 1,400 A.D.), and it created even more confusions, contradictions and distortions over the different schools of thought (Madhab) by the various writers, as almost all never even knew Muhammad personally.

The Sunnah is the ‘Path’ or ‘Way’ (it implies the doings and practices of Muhammad), and is also considered sacred, but third in rank. Here too, the vast differences between various writers are causing untold numerous problems, leading to chaos.

Depending on the Islamic sect and the various Hadith and Sunnah they choose to comply; the differences among Muslims are so great that the killings between Islamic sects is continuing to this day in Pakistan, Indonesia, Algeria, Afghanistan and the Middle East.