Research Paper Analysis of Credibility of Hadiths and Its Influence ...

Section III
Methodology
To analyze the authenticity and credibility of the hadith, it is perhaps best to
restrict this field to reading different materials without conducting surveys. This is why to
establish (or ruin) the credibility of the hadith, the author sought refuge to the numerous
papers that were available on the Internet and books available in the local libraries to
draw a synthesis from all the papers. This would give the author and the readers a better
understanding about the scenario. Instead of passing the author‟s biased opinion, a
synthesis would summarize well-researched information and present data from both
opposing perspectives.
As far as understanding the people‟s perspective regarding the hadiths are
concerned, the author constructed a sample survey. The sample was stratified into two
strata; the first strata, Strata E, included the author‟s friends from his email contact list
who were around 20 years of age and were born and brought up in Dhaka, Bangladesh in
a non-madrasha environment. The second strata, Strata M involved senior year students
of a renowned madrasha, or Islamic school, in Dhaka. All samples from both the strata
had to be Muslims.
The purpose of the stratification was to understand the difference in their
perspectives towards hadiths. The stratification would help pinpoint where the madrasha
and non-madrasha students differ regarding hadiths and where they agree. The line of
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