Understanding the Islam Message through Hadith

Running head: ISLAM MESSAGE
Islam message
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ISLAM MESSAGE
Islam message
It is human nature to follow the footsteps of another person. People need to be guided
on how to live in harmony with other people. Continuous communication between people
needs to be established. In Islamic religion, Hadith is one of the ways that is used in
communication. Hadith consists of moral guidance, and religious law in the Islamic religion.
Stories of general or secular nature, historical stories, and religious communications are also
contained in hadith. In addition, it gives a comprehensive application of the Quran principles.
After the death of prophet Muhammad the Muslim community split into two, the
Sunni and the Shia. The Sunni, which the majority group, believed that a close friend, Abu
Bakr, of the prophet Muhammad as the successful successor. While the Shia group forms the
minority of the Muslim. Shi’a believes in Ali ibn Abi Tabin as being the rightful successor of
prophet Muhammad. Ali ibn Tabin was the cousin to prophet Muhammad (peace be upon
him). Attribute by Muhammad to deeds and oral traditions have been accepted by Sunni
Muslims. The Shi’a Muslims discards the attribution by Muhamma (Herzfeld, 2007).
The differences between the Sunni's and the Shi’a led to the formation of two
sectarian variations. Eighty-five percent of Islam belongs to the Sunni sect while the
remaining fifteen percent represents the Shia sect. After this split, it has not followed the
golden rule of the hadith thus promoting division among the Muslim community. The golden
rule principle, need to be practiced and shared throughout to all people in all religions.
Political and emotional effects led to the split of Islam thus forming the two sectarians
(Zamani‐Farahani, 2010). The Shai works together or along the government while the Sunn
were against the government. This triggered conflict between the two groups.

ISLAM MESSAGE
The golden rule is a moral principle in accordance with hadith that encourages
Muslims to treat other people the way a person would want to be treated. Sahih hadith 19
insist on having true love toward others (Popovski, 2008). It’s expected that people should be
living in harmony and love with one another. In AL-Muwatta hadith 22, prophet Muhammed
(peace be upon him) insist on people to be generous to their neighbor. Generous people do
not allow other people around them to suffer (Voll, 2000).
In contrary to the golden rule, most of the Middle East countries such as Iran, Iraq,
Qatar, and others experience a lot of warfare. There is a lot of bloodshed in these countries.
Cases of abduction are on the rise in the Middle East countries like Saudi-Arabia (Herzfeld,
2007). This makes it hard for someone to understand the hadith Islam message. Also, this has
led to the sectarian division among the Muslim and also between Muslims and other religion.
The hadith as per prophet Muhammad insist that there is no one has superiority over
the other. The Sunni and the Shai have dismissed this since they both consider themselves to
be superior over the other. This is an intentional act that has led to the difference between the
groups. This difference has led to the war among the Muslim. According to hadith, there
would be bloodshed and massacre of the Muslims. This has been witnessed where thousands
of people have been killed (Martin, 2004). The massacre Srebrenica killing in the year 1995
of Muslims in Serbia town is an example of the fulfillment of the hadith bloodshed of the
Muslims. The unintentional act of woman or anyone is not upheld by the Islam religion.
Husbands are instructed Allah to always treat their women well. There are many women who
are being harassed both physically and also psychologically (Herzfeld, 2007). From the
Sunan Hadith 2443 care is to be provided to both the female and the male child. There are
many cases of harassments in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan, this is against hadith.
division has led to the unforeseen events of the death of the Muslims.