Editing Hadith (section)

==Impact==
The hadith have been called by American-[[Sunni]] scholar [[Jonathan A. C. Brown]] as "the backbone" of Islamic civilization.<ref name="JACBMM2014:6">[[#JACBMM2014|J.A.C. Brown, ''Misquoting Muhammad'', 2014]]: p.6</ref> Much of the early [[Islamic history]] available today is also based on the hadith, although it has been challenged for its lack of basis in primary source material and the internal contradictions of available secondary material.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia
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The hadith had a profound and controversial influence on ''[[tafsir]]'' (commentaries of the Quran). The earliest commentary of the Quran known as [[Tafsir Ibn Abbas]] is sometimes attributed to the companion Ibn Abbas. "Many thousands of times" more numerous than the verses of the Quran,<ref name=JACBMM2014:94>[[#JACBMM2014|J.A.C. Brown, ''Misquoting Muhammad'', 2014]]: p.94</ref> hadith have been described as resembling layers surrounding the "core" of Islamic beliefs (the Quran). Well-known, widely accepted hadith make up the narrow inner layer, with a hadith becoming less reliable and accepted with each layer stretching outward.<ref name=JACBMM2014:8/>

The hadith were used the form the basis of ''[[sharia]]'' (the religious law system forming part of the Islamic tradition), and ''[[fiqh]]'' (Islamic jurisprudence). The hadith are at the root of why there is no single ''fiqh'' system, but rather a collection of parallel systems within Islam. Some important elements, which are today taken to be a long-held part of Islamic practice and belief are not mentioned in the Quran, but are reported in hadiths.<ref name="JACBMM2014:18"/> The reports of Muhammad's (and sometimes his companions') behavior collected by hadith compilers include details of ritual religious practice such as the five {{transliteration|ar|[[salat]]}} (obligatory Islamic prayers) that are not found in the Quran, as well as everyday behavior such as table manners,<ref name=GotRMZK1975:100>[[#GotRMZK1975|An-Nawawi, ''Riyadh As-Salihin'', 1975]]: chapter 100</ref> dress,<ref name=GotRMZK1975:117-122>[[#GotRMZK1975|An-Nawawi, ''Riyadh As-Salihin'', 1975]]: chapters 117-122</ref> and posture.<ref name=GotRMZK1975:7>[[#GotRMZK1975|An-Nawawi, ''Riyadh As-Salihin'', 1975]]: chapters 127,128,310</ref> Hadith are also regarded by Muslims as important tools for understanding things mentioned in the Quran but not explained, a source for {{transliteration|ar|[[tafsir]]}} (commentaries written on the Quran). Therefore, Muslims usually maintain that hadiths are a necessary requirement for the true and proper practice of Islam, as it gives Muslims the nuanced details of Islamic practice and belief in areas where the Quran is silent. Details of the prescribed movements and words of [[Salah|the prayer]] (known as {{transliteration|ar|[[rak'a]]}}) and how many times they are to be performed, are found in hadith. However, hadiths differ on these details and consequently {{transliteration|ar|salat}} is performed differently by different hadithist Islamic sects.{{efn|Muslims have come to blows over differences in the proper ritual movement in {{transliteration|ar|salat}} prayer. In the 18th century, a man was "almost beaten to death" in the great mosque of Delhi for raising his hands during salat in the manner that revivalist preacher/scholar [[Shah Waliullah Dehlawi]] had advocated.<ref name=JACBMM2014:65>[[#JACBMM2014|J.A.C. Brown, ''Misquoting Muhammad'', 2014]]: p.65</ref> The victim's assailants supported the doctrine of traditionalists of Hanafi {{transliteration|ar|fiqh}} which held that one's hands should be raised only once during the ritual prayer, while Waliullah held that {{transliteration|ar|madhhab}} schools of {{transliteration|ar|fiqh}} had ignored authentic hadith which made clear hands should be raised over ears multiple times during the praying of {{transliteration|ar|salat}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abu Hibban |last2=Abu Khuzaimah Ansari |title=Shaikh Shah Waliullahs Dehlawi's (1176H) Inclination in Fiqh and his Hanafiyyah – al-Allamah Shaikh Muhammad Ismaeel Salafi (1378H) |url=https://ahlulhadeeth.wordpress.com/2015/05/28/shaikh-shah-waliullahs-dehlawis-1176h-inclination-in-fiqh-and-his-hanafiyyah-al-allamah-shaikh-muhammad-ismaeel-salafi-1378h/ |website=ahl ul hadeeth |access-date=14 June 2018 |date=28 May 2015}}</ref>}}

[[Quranists]], on the other hand, believe that if the Quran is silent on some matter, it is because God did not hold its detail to be of consequence; and that some hadith contradict the Quran, proving that some hadith are a source of corruption and not a complement to the Quran.<ref name="Tschalaer-2017-31">{{cite book |last1=Tschalaer |first1=Mengia Hong |title=Muslim Women's Quest for Justice: Gender, Law and Activism in India |date=2017 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=31 |isbn=9781108225724 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vYnDwAAQBAJ&q=quranists+are+a+minority+of+muslims&pg=PA31 |access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>

Hadiths were also deployed to legitimize [[Sufism]]’s more formal structures of brotherhoods ([[tariqa]]s), hierarchies of initiation, and rituals that were articulated from the 9th century onward. Some readings had a ceremonial value sanctifying occasions such as the ascent of a [[dynast]] or the birth of a child. (a religious scholar, religious or political leader)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Quran/Origin-and-compilation|title=Qurʾān - Islamic Scripture, Compilation, Revelation &#124; Britannica|date=13 February 2025|website=www.britannica.com|accessdate=13 February 2025}}</ref>