WASSCE SHS
A hadith is a report of what the Prophet said or did. The Sunnah is his practice. They belong together, and they are not the same word.
When you define the two words, say how they relate. A hadith is the report. The Sunnah is the practice the report points to. Treating them as one word loses a mark the question set aside for the difference. A report has parts the syllabus names. Isnad is the chain of narrators. Matn is the text, the words of the report. Rawi is a narrator. You do not need a long chain from memory. You need to know which word is which.
Scholars judge a report. Sahih means sound. Hasan means good. Daif means weak. The six collections students meet are linked with Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasai and Ibn Majah. Learn the set hadith in your school file well enough to give the meaning and the lesson. Glearn does not publish that list. A number you are not sure of should stay out, just as a verse number should. Do not invent a wording and call it a hadith from one of the six.
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Hadith and Sunnah must be separated if the question asks for both. Isnad is the chain, not the text. Matn is the text, not the narrator. Sahih is not Daif. Naming a collector without the judgement the question asked is a different point. Do not write out a hadith you cannot translate.
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4 marks
Explain the difference between a hadith and the Sunnah. (4 marks)
A hadith is a report of what the Prophet said or did. The Sunnah is his practice, the way he lived. The report tells us about the practice. The two words are close, and they are not the same word.
3 marks
Give the meaning of Isnad, Matn and Rawi. (3 marks)
Isnad is the chain of narrators. Matn is the text of the report. Rawi is a narrator.
2 marks
State the difference between a hadith that is Sahih and a hadith that is Daif. (2 marks)
Sahih means sound. Daif means weak. They are different judgements of how reliable the report is.
More questions on this topic are inside glearn, marked as you answer, with the reason written out. The first ones need no account.
Practise Islamic Studies freeNo. A hadith is a report of what the Prophet said or did. The Sunnah is his practice. Say both meanings when the question asks for the difference.
The set in your school file, well enough to give the meaning and the lesson. Glearn does not publish that list. A wording or a number you cannot defend should stay off the page. All WASSCE Islamic Studies past questions