Re: Mutawatir Ahadith superceding Holy Quran’s Ayats
Peace USResident
I’ll answer this one if you don’t mind.
Hadith come in a variety of types:
Someone who relates the action of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) that they have seen.
Someone who quotes the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and adds context from him/herself.
Someone who quotes the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), who in turn is quoting someone else.
A statement of a Sahabi demonstrating the application of given prophetic understandings.
A quoted instruction of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), [usually comes with a context.]
A quoted historical account uttered by the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) of times gone by.
An interpretation of a Divine vision in to words to form an instruction or point of enlightenment uttered by the Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
Hadith Qudsi is based on the last definition but can fall into the other descriptions. For example, every hadith Qudsi as a Divine vision is a statement of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) also, but not all quotes of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) are based on Divine visions. … And so on.
The prophet Muhammad (SAW) was himself:
a) Guided from birth to be a good and trustworthy man
b) Later at prophethood inspired by Allah (SWT) to address with the ultimate hikmah and understand revelation better than anyone.
Revelation came in two forms:
c1) Visions and Instructions by Angel Gabriel
c2) Direct decanting of Kalamullah into the heart of Muhammad (SAW). i.e. The Qur’an.