The Difference Between the Prophetic Hadith and the Qudsi Hadith
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Question:
This questioner, Ahmad Muhammad, is Egyptian and resides in Riyadh. He asks and says: What is the difference between the Prophetic hadith and the Qudsi hadith, and why is it called a Qudsi hadith? Please provide an example. May you be rewarded. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Answer:
To proceed: The hadith is what is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the form of a statement, an action, or an approval. It is called the Sunnah, which is the second revelation after the Noble Qur'an.
The hadith is divided into two categories: the Prophetic hadith, which is that whose wording and meaning are from the Messenger, with its meaning being revelation from Allah (Mighty and Majestic); and that whose wording is from the Messenger, while its meaning is revelation from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). This is the Prophetic hadith. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Najm 53:3-4] Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Hashr 59:7] Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nisa 4:59].
As for the Qudsi hadith, it is named after al-quds, which means purity. It is that whose wording and meaning are from Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) narrates it from his Lord (Mighty and Majestic).
This is like the hadith of Abu Dharr: "O My servants..."Sahih Muslim 2577a to the end of the hadith. This is the Qudsi hadith. Yes.
This questioner, Ahmad Muhammad, is Egyptian and resides in Riyadh. He asks and says: What is the difference between the Prophetic hadith and the Qudsi hadith, and why is it called a Qudsi hadith? Please provide an example. May you be rewarded. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Answer:
To proceed: The hadith is what is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the form of a statement, an action, or an approval. It is called the Sunnah, which is the second revelation after the Noble Qur'an.
The hadith is divided into two categories: the Prophetic hadith, which is that whose wording and meaning are from the Messenger, with its meaning being revelation from Allah (Mighty and Majestic); and that whose wording is from the Messenger, while its meaning is revelation from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). This is the Prophetic hadith. Allah the Exalted said:
(3) Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. (4) It is not but a revelation revealed,
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰAnd whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from
وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُواO you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُمْAs for the Qudsi hadith, it is named after al-quds, which means purity. It is that whose wording and meaning are from Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) narrates it from his Lord (Mighty and Majestic).
This is like the hadith of Abu Dharr: "O My servants..."
you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seek forgiveness of Me and I shall forgive you. O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and will not attain benefitting Me so as to benefit Me. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you
إنكم تخطئون بالليل والنهار وأنا أغفر الذنوب جميعا فاستغفروني أغفر لكم، يا عبادي إنكم لن تبلغوا ضري فتضروني ولن تبلغوا نفعي فتنفعوني، يا عبادي لو أن أولكم وآخركم وإنسكم وجنكم
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