Hadith of the Quran and Sunnah and my Sunna." Hadith literature refers to the oral tradition about the words and deeds (Sunnah) of Muhammad. The statement that Islam has these two sources has been attributed to Muhammad. The Sunni Muslims accept this attribution as "sahih" (authentic) and hence a "hadith"; whereas the Shi'a Muslims reject this as being "mawdoo" (fabricated), and not a separate "hadith", arguing that nowhere is it recorded in the Six Authentic Books of the Sunni's (Sahih Sitta). The hadith in the Six Authentic Books are generally accept as authentic throughout Islam. The Qur'an and Sunnah hadith is reported in other books as
Criticism of Hadith highly of Mutawatir: However, orthodox hadith scholars find non-mutawatir hadith adequate. "According to the majority of the ulama of the four Sunni schools, acting upon ahad is obligatory even if ahad fails to engender positive knowledge. Thus, in practical legal matters," but not in "matters of belief", "a preferable "zann" [meaning, speculative] "is sufficient as a basis of obligation." Ibn al-Salah ( (d. 643/1245), "one of the most distinguished traditionists of the muta'akhkhirun", argues (according to Farooq), that because mutawatir type hadith is rare, "for much of Islamic praxis, certainty of knowledge is neither feasible nor required. Rather, probable or