What is the difference between the Quran and hadith?
ما الفرق بين القرآن والحديث؟
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Short answer
The Qur'an is the revealed speech of God, recited in worship. Hadith is what was transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ as saying, action or approval, and it is taken according to the rules of chain and text.
Detailed answer
The Qur'an is the revealed Book of God. Hadith is a separate science with its own rules, called the Prophetic hadith, and it has its own technical discipline, the terminology of hadith. Some hadith is a sacred hadith, which the Prophet related from his Lord in its own words. It is not counted as Qur'an and is not recited in worship.
Sources
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
- Sahih al-Bukhari
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