Hadith & Sunnah (incomplete)

Obligatory

Necessary

Confirmed Sunnah

Recommended

Permissible

Forbidden

Disliked

Invalid

Legal rationale

Public interest

Agreement between scholars

Analogical reasoning

Things that must be protected / purposes of law

Leaders of a Madhab

Morally responsible

'to go' / legal school of thought

followers of the Prophet (SAW)

Companions of the Prophet (SAW)

Hadith Terminology The system of classifying Hadith to establish authentic Hadith

Grading of Reporters

Reporter's names Names, ancestry, main events in their lives, character, honesty and memory ability

Produced by scholars to explain key words used in these disciplines

" A prayer without Fatiha is incomplete."

"Reciting Surah al Fatiha is Fard." Shafi Mujtahid

It is not Fard to recite Surah al Fatiha as it says in the Quran, "recite what is easy for you" Hanafi Mutjahid

"To judge on a rule of Islam on the basis of insufficient knowledge is a crime."

Maliki Mujtahid

Hanbali Mutjahid

Criticised Imam Bukhari for being extremely meticulous with Hadith + viewed it as negative

"All these various groups of forgers have created havoc in Hadith literature. But in order to meet this great danger of forgery, and to sift the forged traditions from the true ones, the sincere and honest traditionists introduced the system of Isnad and laid down important principles."

"There are God's signs that We recite to you with truth. So, in which Hadith, after God His signs, do they acknowledge?"

"It isn't long before the devil compels men to corrupt the religion of God with the manipulation and with forgery. Then he compels them to create other sources which are considered divine, naturally these people are to be considered enemies of Allah... There is a sick misdemeanour which runs like poison through Bukhari's text."

Believes going back to the Quran instead of supplementing it with Hadiths. "The Quran itself contains the raw materials for the diversity of thought we are capable of. We know we don't need to go any further."