AL-HADITH
	Analysis And an Overview
	Prepared by: A.S. Hashim, MD
	Main Sources: Sources of Hadith, Muhammad Al-Jalali. Al-Saadiq and the Four Madh'habs, Asad Haidar. Nahjul Balaaghah, English Translation of certain selections, Farouk Ebeid. Introduction to Hadith, A. Rahman Doi. Mish'kaat Al-Masabeeh, Translation by Fazlul Karim.
								TABLE OF CONTENTS
			SUBJECT										PAGE
		WHAT IS HADITH?............................................................................................												1
			THE FORGED (FABRICATED) HADITH. .................................................................											1
			COLLECTION OF THE HADITH BY THE SUNNI.......................................................											2
				Collection during the 1st Century H...................................................................										2
				Collection during the 2nd Century H..................................................................										2
				Collection during the 3rd Century H..................................................................										2
				Al-Bukhari, of Sahih Al-Bukhari.......................................................................										2
				Muslim, of Sahih Muslim...............................................................................										2
				Al-Nasaa'i, of Sahih Al-Nasaa'i........................................................................										2
			COLLECTION OF THE HADITH BY THE SHI'A.......................................................											3
			ALL ABOUT AHLUL BAYT..................................................................................											4
			JA'FARI (SHIA) SOURCE OF HADITH....................................................................											4
			HIGHLIGHTS OF COLLECTION OF HADITH, SHIA..................................................											5
				Collection during the 1st Century H...................................................................										5
				Collection during the 2nd Century H..................................................................										5
				Collection during the 3rd Century H...................................................................										5
				Collection during the 4th Century H...................................................................										5
			THE GOLDEN CHAIN OF NARRATION..................................................................											6
			MANNER OF COLLECTION OF HADITH.................................................................											6