Are There Any Early Hadiths? 

Allah SWT appoints certain people for certain job and so you are, may Allah bless you.

One day I wanna come to London in order to met you. Hi from Turkey. Best wish and love for you.

( و إن تتولوا يستبدل قوما غيركم ثم لا يكونوا أمثالكم ) Dear brother Paul, you are far ahead of us . May ALLAH bless you.

Masha’Allah you covered a very important and misunderstood subject of the Sunnah of our beloved Prophet ❤️🇵🇰

Christians and seculars alike have a Christian understanding of scripture: that it's a bunch of stories. However, they forget that the companions, successors, and successors of successors breathed the prophetic traditions as it was all spiritual and legislative knowledge. In other words, they practised it through the years, so it would be very easy for a community to remember the "guidelines" while practising.

Much needed video.Thank you Paul 10:24 Alhamdulillah

Wow ! I wish we could see and read that saheefa you mentioned. That is great to see that our early muslim brothers and sisters took good care of the legacy of our prophet pbuh, by the will of Allah swt. Salam/Peace.

Assalamualaikum brother, just wanna say thank you so much for all the work you do, it's really helped me get back into Islam after a few years of distancing myself from them

I can't tell you how happy and fortunate I feel after subscribing to your channel. Your channel is at #1 position for me with regard to knowledge.

Masha Allah. I've learnt something new about the texts being rediscovered. Even just looking at the sciences of Hadiths one would know it is not something they take lightly. Just recently I've encountered someone preaching about going against hadiths. This video reminded me 2 lecturers from Dr. Yasir Qadhi. First is the history of paper in Islamic civilizations & second is a short Q&A about "Quranist" as we might call them. Make dua for me to be able to buy a lot of Islamic books and practice what I've learned from it sir. Jazakallahu khayran & Assalamu'alaikum from Malaysia.

Yet another book added to my Amazon "saved for later" wish list! I'm not buying any books right now, if I can help it, for various reasons. Besides, I've got a backlog of books already, which I hope to read first.

Sir Paul, I like the way you were handling those people at speakers corner. Frustrating how they were Constantly trying to duck your questions.😆

The claims and doubts of the non-believers never ends. No matter how many proofs you come with. It is an old habit of theirs. So don't give them your attention.

Much love and respect for you bro #Paul_William ,, may Allah guide us to the straight path Amen Greetings from 🇺🇬🇺🇬#Uganda🇺🇬🇺🇬

yes it is a very interesting video , thank you paul for this information 👌

Thank you so much for this, so needed to disperse doubt creeping into young Muslims' hearts. I did not know about the Sahifa of Hammam. Inshallah, like Gavin will add this book to my book shopping List.

Thanks a lot ! for your hard work , research and precious time, Mr. Paul.

I'm grateful for your videos. May Allah reward you, sir!

Thank you for great information the true facts about Hadiths.

Thank you Paul ❤

SubhanAllah !.. It is amazing to know that I have never heard this research since I embraced Islam last 43 years ago... and to be coming from a western source made me feel proud..

Masha Allah my brother Paul, thanks for all your hard work! Jazaka Allah khayr. I learned so much from ur channel.

ِAll Muslim scholars agree that any hadith IS NOT AUTHENTIC 100% and they agree that only Quran is AUTHENTIC 100% Thus you can jump to a very clear conclusion that a Muslim is not obliged to follow any hadith BUT At the same time, a Muslim should follow some hadiths because there is Sunnah and the hadiths are a part of the Sunnah and the companions used to narrate them. Thus a Muslim can not ignore the Sunnah completely. So how can Muslims solve this problem? The best solution, in my humble opinion, is: to follow only the hadiths that 1- do not contradict with the holy Quran for example: there are many Quranic verses show that a human being is free to follow any religion and that is God who guides people or makes them go astray So the hadiths about killing the Muslims who choose to leave Islam are not correct 2- can not hurt any Muslims in any way 3- can not affect the health of a Muslim because these hadiths are not 100% authentic then a Muslim can not trust them 100% for his health

Top video. Thanks Paul. Allah bless you.

Very nice, thank you for this.

Ahh I was waiting for the Muwatta and finally saw it at 11:12. Now I can finally rest in peace lol...

Mr. Paul, you are a very nice, learned and polite person and thus you can easily attract the Mercy of Allah Subhaanahu Wata'ala.

Paul, kindly recommend a good translation of the Quran for my English speaking catholic friend and another book to read. Thank you.

Allahu Akbar...verily truely Brother Paul..crystal clear the fact we have pillar of faith in "Ghaib"-unseen that the hadiths are divinely protected by Allah and the unthenticity was prevailed from time to time by scholar like yourself in simple and understandable layman words. May Allah grant you wisdom and protection in this world and thereafter-insya Allah. Aameen.

This video is very very helpful for me. The collection process of hadith comes back to me with a lot of queries at times. This video is going to stay with me for future reference. Thanks a lot!!!

Barak Allahu feek Paul. May Allah grant you Jannah firduws

I was fed up with the argument of my Quarnist friend about Hadith collection. I find this presentation of yours quite helpful for my argument next time. Thank you so much.

JazakALLAHukhairan brother Paul.

My favourite video. Thanks Paul.

This was an eye opener for me. Jazak Allah khair

MashaAllah. Never expecting you would come up with this issue as it was stale old issues. But there are still those who just dont accept the fact. Hope this will open their eyes. Good stuff as always. 👍

MashAllah. Paul you are a bookworm & this in turn helps to inform us in knowledge with ease, my friends also. Allah grant you steadfast, Aameen! May you keep up with the important and enjoyable work at hand. May Allah keep increasing you and all of us in knowledge. JazakAllah Ahsanul Zajaah.

Very helpful video. Thanks a lot. May Allah reward u for ur work. Aameen. 👍

You have mentioned some important ones , But a Saheefah which Jonathan seems to have missed there is Al Saheefah al Sahihah by the companion Abdullah bin Amr bin Al As Abu Hurairah said ; There is none among the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) who has narrated more Hadiths than I except `Abdullah bin `Amr (bin Al-`As) who used to write them and I never did the same. Narrated by buhkari 113 Imam Al-Darimi as well as Al khatib Al Bagdadi narrate that Mujaahid said: “I came to `Abdullaah bin `Amr, And I pulled a Saheefah that was under his mattress , but he stopped me.” I said: “why have you stopped me like this?” He said: “This is the truthful Saheefah which I heard directly from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and there was no one between me and him. So, if I only have the Book of Allaah and these scrolls and al-Wahṫ (his garden) , then I don’t care of what I miss of this world” Anyway , people have an ignorant idea that hadiths were not recorded until imam bukhari and muslim came , which is false , to give a short and brief examples of hadith collections that we have today written by people born before buhkari (born 194 ah) and muslim (born 206 ah) , other than the ones mentioned by brother paul : 1- the Juz of Ibn Juraij (born 80 Ah) 2- The Mashyakah of Ibn Tahman (died 168 AH) 3- The Jami’ of Muamar Bin Rashid (born 93 Ah) 4- The Nuskah of Al Zuhri (born 108 Ah) 5- Kitab Al Athar By Abu Yusuf Al-ansari (born 113 ah) 6- The Musnad of Ibn Mubarak (born 118 ah) 7- Kitab Al-Zuhd By Waki’ Bin Al-jarah (born 129 Ah) as well as his Nuskah 8- the Musnad of Al-Tayalsi (born 133 Ah) , This was narrated by Yunus Bin Habib , who in turn was born (94 Ah) 9- Kitab Al-zuhd by Abi Muhammad Al Absi (born 120 ah) 10- The tafsir of Yahya Bin Salam born (124 Ah) 11- Al Jami’ , Al Musnad , and Al qadar all three by Abdullah bin wahab (born 125 ah) , 12- Kitab Al-zuhd by al Mu’afa bin Umran (born approximately 125 Ah) 13- The Musanaf of Abdalrazaq al san’ani (born 126 ah) as well as his famous tafsir 14- Kitab Al-athar by Muhammad al shaibani (born 131 ah) 15- Kitab Al-zuhd by Assad Bin Musa (born 132 ah) 16- The Musnad of Ali Ibn Al-jaad (born 134 ah) collected by al bagawi 16- the Juz of Bakr bin bakar (died 207 Ah) 17- The Nuskah of Talut Bin Abad (died 238 , born approximately in the first half of the 2nd century) as collected by al bagawi , his collection is unique as it contains extremely short chains dating back to the prophet , with times merely two persons between him and the companions of the prophet 18- The Musnad And Al Sunan Al-Mathor both by Al Shafi’i born 150 Ah, he narrated hadiths in other places as well 19- Kitab Al-zuhd by Hanad Bin al-Siri (born 152 ah) 20- The musnad of kalifah bin al khayat (born 160 Ah) 21- The musnad of ishaq bin rahaweh (born 161 Ah) 22- The musnad of imam ahmad (born 164 ah) 23- Sunan Al-darimi (born 181 ah) You also have books which collected history as well as Seerah that contain narrations of hadith, like: The Tabaqat By Ibn saad (born 168 ah) The history of Kalifah ibn al khayat (born 160 ah) The history of madinah by Ibn Shabbah (born 173 ah) And many many others And these are far from being the only hadith collections we have before buhkari and muslims

Jazakullah khair brother Paul.

Salaam been recommended this channel

All those books behind you brother.. 10000 terabytes of a brain mashallah 😂🤍 “no design” May allah increase you in knowledge and iman

Thank you..You increase my knowledge..May God bless you always..

JazzakAllahu Khairan

الحمد لله على نعمة الإسلام ، Praise to Allah for Islam.

Thank you for this

Thanks!

Paul, may the creator of everything that exists, rewards you for Ur time & efforts Jazaak Allah. There were people who saw prophets performing miracles yet they didn't become believers, so there would always be ppl who would refuse to believe no matter what. Respect to you from Vancouver for ur dedication.

JazakAllah kheir 👍❤️

Absolutely great video! Thanks

Illuminating video! How many books do you possess?

Dear Brother Paul, You're doing great job may Allah give you more knowledge.

Great video would love some more hadith videos

Very interesting and thanks for sharing.

There is a very straight forward and Simple litmus test to find out whether the Hadith is true or false

Mashallah…truth always comes to light alhamdullillah

Jazak Allahu Khayran brother Paul for bringing the proofs and evidences that truly the hadeeth tradition has been clear stablished by these saheefas which comes from the Arabic grammar صحيفة that comes from the word Suhuf or صحف which means a sheet or loose page and the Qu'ran makes much relevance to prophet Ibrahim and prophet Musa and the Qu'ran itself. The following verses exemplify the use of the word Suhuf: Surah Al-Ala, Verse 18: إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ Verily! This is in the former Scriptures, Surah Al-Ala, Verse 19: صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ The Scriptures of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses). Surah Al-Bayyina, Verse 2: رَسُولٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ يَتْلُو صُحُفًا مُّطَهَّرَةً A Messenger (Muhammad ﷺ) from Allah, reciting (the Quran) purified pages [purified from Al-Batil (falsehood, etc.)].

Very informative . Thanks .Proof of authenticity for non Muslims. And fascinating for Muslims.

MasyaAllah.. This is a very important matter. Thank you Paul. May Allah blessed and grant mercy on you.

Im still perplexed. Did the prophet , before his demise, leave behind any codified hadith? It still seems as if all of these historical sayings were borne after his demise. Im Interested to learn if anything was actually written down ' in his lifetime'

very very interesting work that you have done dear brother Paul, Allah the Almighty will grant you Jannat Al-firdaws with his absolute mercy.

I've always wondered about this. Thank you sir. God bless you.

This was very informative! Thanks

Amazing video as always! Thank you Paul

Thank you so much for sharing this. Very very helpful indeed!

Masha Allah very good information ...by such proofs and evidences the new Muslims belief get more strong...i appreciate you a lot for making this video.jazak Allahu qair

So dominant was the presence of Mohammad in the formative years of Islam that not even any fragmentary evidence remains.

Alhamdulilah for Brother Paul. I always learn a lot from him. I especially enjoy his accent..a true English man.

Thank you so much sir I really like your videos and appreciate your efforts keep it up sir ❤️

This is a huge piece of finding from western schollarship. Well done paul!

Thankyou Paul for your information mashallah May Allah swt bless you with more knowledge now i have understood if any missionary fairies or quranists come up with their argument for preserving hadiths I will use Abu Hurairah ra and his (sahifas) notes that were used by bukhari etc. Thankyou islam is simple and beautiful.

May Allah blessed you Mr Paul. Amin.

nowadays, 'saheefa' refers to a newspaper. the plural is 'sohof'.

Thank you Sir Paul.... 🙏🏼🙏🏼

MY ALLAH BELSS U BROTHER and u got reward to janah inshallah u doing great work for seek of allah

Thank you brother Paul

Thank you very much for the information. Youre soo good.

Academic, objective and precise. Reviving the real essence of knowledge.

Mashallah

A collection is a collection. That is irrelevant. The hadiths go back all the way to their source.

Jazakumullah kheir Mr. Paul

God reward you good, in life and hereafter جزاك الله خيرا في الدنيا والآخرة

Can u plz bring Dr. Shabbir Akhtar so often to talk about contemporary issues. He is such a knowledge guy

It is understable. When one is receiving a series of unique knowledge from a unique teacher, the desire would be to note them down. And since the teaching of the Quran & Sunnah were very unique to the Arabs , it would have been every Sahabahs' desire. I heard from many other Islamic scholars , that the Prophet had forbid Sahabahs from writing about his doings & saying for the reason being so that the Hadiths do not get mixed with writings of the Quran Verses . To me that made sense. That's why we found many of Quran parchments written by first Generation Muslims. Some Muslim Scholars say that a few Verses in Quran may also have made the Prophet forbid the Sahabahs from writing Hadiths in his time was due to the verses revealed to him. "And We brought down to you (O Muhammad) the Book with truth, confirming what came before it of the Scripture and superseding it. So rule among them in accordance with what God has brought down.“ 5:48 " Follow what has been brought down to you from your Lord and do not follow any allies besides Him. Rarely do you remember!" 7:3 "So in which hadith after it (Quran) do they believe?" 77:50" "Or do you have some book in which you are studying?" 68:37 And there are many other Verses in Quran by which it becomes understable why the Prophet instructed his people to write nothing from him except the Quran, and for those who wrote any of his hadith, to be deleted. For myself, to be on the safe side, I have choosen the middle way. If any of the Hadiths contradict the Verses of Quran in its entirety , against the entire nature of Quran, then I Ieave in believing it. Shookar-Alhamdoliliah . God has preserved Quran for us so that we can revisit multiple times to check. We Muslims have Quran as our standard, the Criterion by which to find out the truth from the false. " It was the month of Ramadan in which the Qur'an was [first] bestowed from on high as a guidance unto man and a self-evident proof of that guidance, and as the standard by which to discern the true from the false.........." 2 : 185 "Hallowed is He who from on high , step by step , has bestowed upon His servant the Criterion by which to discern the true from the false, so that to all the world it might be a warning": 25 : 1 "And We have certainly presented to the people in this Qur'an from every [kind of] example" . ....... 30: 58

Thank you Paul

Great information about hadith, which is unique when compared to other scholars. May Allah make your job easy. Certainly you will benefit in here life and hereafter life

Wonderful video, as usual By the way, I think that Abu Hurayra lived with the prophet for 4 years and 2 months, and the number of his narrations in the Hadith Books collections after ignoring the repeated ones are not more than 1475 Hadiths including the authentic and unauthentic ones.

Thank you

Mashallah Keep Up the Nice work.... Your next Target should be Learning more Arbic....

You see? It's been such a blessing to me especially living on the ages of the internet, because, I'm from the poor family background and I simply can't access this type of information you provide such us purchasing these books, and now you're just giving me free lecture of Islamic theme, that costs me little internet data. Praise be to Allah indeed! May he keep you safe always!

JazakAllahu khayran.

Thank you, very interesting. Can you please bring up historical data of the prophets, aside from Bible and Quran.

This shows how honest scholarship has been protected by Allah in Islam unlike Christianity and other religions

Excilent research.

can you pin this. there are many Sahih books before Sahih bukhari. for example Muwatta of Imam Malik that has like 1,700 hadith. imam Malik's muwatta is a 3rd generation hadith books. he is basically the grand child of the companion. the companions being the first generation of muslims. there are many more books called musnad of many authors. for example the musnad of Imam shafi, musnad of ibn mubarak. Shafi and ibn mubarakxwere also 3rd generation muslims. then you have the musnad of Imam ahmad with 27k hadiths that is 4th generation. to say that Hadith didnt exist for 500 years is bizarre and stupid. several companions would write Hadith, but they werent put into collections

May Allah protect, bless and guide to straight path. Ameen.

Thank you. Al-Hamdulillah ❤

Wow Brilliant!! Sir, really liked the way you say @12:28 “now been REDISCOVERED”. But the sect Scholar you consulted half an hour before this video said “transmitted ORALLY”. @9:45 Very interesting to know what You said: “DISCOVERED AGAIN in Middle East, America, Germany” @12:30 and “DISCOVERED IN THE 20th CENTURY” @9:38 - quite an advanced Discovery we all must acknowledge. Good to know Muwatta is mid 2nd Century H and thanks for pointing out it’s VERY VERY EARLY … @11:20 …can’t miss that premise of your argument and then saying 2 centuries yourself. I can see the authenticity in your eyes, that’s very nice, yes really. Very rare to have such SMART people like you doing so much work, there are more followers that you will have soon, plenty indeed if that’s the purpose. Thanks for showing us the CONFIRMATION BIAS. I’m sure you are a well read person and can Read Between The Lines. 😊 Genuinely Amazing, thanks to your efforts, really really good.

May Almighty Allah reward you abundantly

Amazing Allaahu akbar. MAY Allaah preserve you and reward you. Ameen.