Process Of Classification And Authentication Of Hadith
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While I am reading books referred to me, is there any one with answers to my questions in the original post. I have some additional questions that have not been convincingly answered. 1. When was the first formal compilation of Hadith took place? I see a few years to 200 to 300 years later. 2. Why prophet Muhammad and Closest to him Khulfa Rashdeen did not write or encourage writing of Hadith. I understand there are some hadith referenced to closest to prophet, but not written or verified by them. Doesn’t it go against their best judgment and will?
Thank you for your reply. To summarize…Allah did not ask to write or preserve Hadith, prophet himself did not, hazrat Abbubakar did not, hazrat Omar did not and only a few may have been referenced by hazrat Ali or Amar, hazrat Abbu Huraira was not a very close or companian of prophet from the beginning. My logic says that if Allah wanted, he could have asked prophet Muhammad to write hadith, prophet Muhammad could have asked Sahabah to write and preserve Hadith. So if there was no hadith in the first place to write or preserve hadith and the top and the first authority did not ask or allowed, what authority do others down the line have to go against them.