Watch this full video answer Scholars evaluated hadiths by asking two major questions. One question is about the chain of narrators and the other question is about the text that is being related. Analysis of chain of narrators: A chain of narrators looks like this: Person A says that he heard from person B, who heard from person C, who heard from person D, that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said XYZ. To evaluate the chain, scholars would ask about persons A, B, C and D. Fir

Watch the video After the death of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), people were not only mourning the loss of their beloved prophet, but they were now suddenly cut off from that source of direct instructions that they felt was coming from a person who was guided by God. If they wanted to know what to do, they couldn't ask the Prophet directly. Instead, they recalled how the Prophet (peace be upon him) had acted in particular situations, and they shared that with othe