YUSUF AL-QARDHAWI UNDERSTANDING THE HADITH OF THE PROPHET PBUH

Abstract

In order to determine the validity of a hadith, it is necessary to study the validity of sanad of hadith and understand the meaning of hadith. In general the study of sanad includes the personal quality of the narrator, the intellectual quality of the narrator, the avoidance of conflict, and the avoidance of illat or defects. The validity of matan include historical approaches, contextual understanding, and linguistic studies. A contemporary scholar from Egypt, Yusuf al-Qardhawi is a scholar who paid great attention to hadith and concerned with criticizing the understanding of hadith. A brilliant thinker with brilliant ideas. He is very productive in writing hundreds of books, fulfilling the treasures of Islamic and world libraries, and he is listed as a member of the well-known organization Ikhwan al-Muslimin. Yusuf al-Qardhawi emphasizes several principles in understanding hadith. These principles must be included in a hadith such as comprehensive, balanced, integral, realistic, and convenience. In its application, the steps offered by Yusuf al-Qaradawi are in the form of understanding the hadiths based on the guidance of the Qur'an, compiling thematic, compromise or tarjih hadiths, ascertaining the background of the narration, distinguishing between changing means and fixed goals, distinguishing essence and majaz, distinguishing the metaphysical and the real, and, ascertaining the meaning of each word.