Why were the qudsi hadiths not made into a Qur'an to be recited, and are they numerous?

The Shaykh : And the inimitability by which the Noble Qur'an is characterized. This question is similar to if someone were to ask, "Why were the ordinary Prophetic hadiths not made into a Qur'an to be recited?" We would say: This is for a wisdom, and the wisdom here is clearer than the wisdom in not making the qudsi hadiths part of the Noble Qur'an. And peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : There is no difference between the qudsi hadiths and the Prophetic hadiths in this respect. In the qudsi hadiths, there are authentic, good, weak, and fabricated ones, exactly as is the case with the Prophetic hadiths. For example, there is a famous hadith, unfortunately, in which they say that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: , or perhaps there is before this phrase, uh, . This is a fabricated hadith. It was mentioned by Imam al-Saghani in his elegant treatise on fabricated hadiths that have no basis, the qudsi hadiths.

The questioner : Are they numerous?

The Shaykh : No, they are not numerous; in fact, they can be counted in the hundreds. Yes, there are hadiths that Imam al-Bukhari included at the end of his book *Sahih*, in the Book of Tawhid, which is the last book of *Sahih al-Bukhari*. There, he mentions hadiths related to the Divine Speech, and on this occasion, he cites some authentic hadiths from these qudsi hadiths. There is also a book called *Mashariq al-Anwar* that established a specific chapter for the authentic qudsi hadiths. This book is specific to what is in the *Sahihayn*, whether they agreed on the hadith or differed. He mentioned a section on qudsi hadiths at the end of the book, which makes it easy to find every qudsi hadith from what is in the *Sahihayn* or in one of them. However, scholars in reality have a special concern for tracking down qudsi hadiths, and some of them have authored books on them. Among these are: *Al-Ahadith al-Qudsiyyah* by al-Hafiz al-Sindi, which is a printed treatise. Also, *Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Qudsiyyah*. Shaykh 'Abd al-Rauf al-Munawi also has a book on *Al-Ahadith al-Qudsiyyah*, which is printed in some editions in the margin of the book *Al-Jami' al-Saghir*. This is because these qudsi hadiths were also arranged alphabetically. But there is a great difference between the chapter I referred to in *Mashariq al-Anwar* and these treatises written on qudsi hadiths, in that these authors did not show any concern for distinguishing the authentic from the weak among these qudsi hadiths, whereas the chapter I referred to in the book *Mashariq al-Anwar* is drawn from the *Sahihayn*, so it is all authentic.