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They call me Mr. HaddeeInUrChaddi. IYKYK. Welcome to my unfiltered thoughts. Proceed at your own risk.

I think I'm going to use this as a journal first and see how things go.

I just need to write this out somewhere or else I'm going to go crazy. I wonder how long it'll take me to write this all down...weeks? Months? Let's see. These thoughts have been stuck in my head for several months now:

I’ve been thinking a lot about how to evaluate hadith authenticity—not just from a traditional lens, but from a logical, probability-based one. Not because I think this is necessary. But just as a hypothetical test to see what happens at the end of it all. Let's begin. (Who would have thought to ever discuss Hadith Authenticity with a DBZ-theme? Am I going to hell for this? I hope not. Hopefully Jannah inshaAllah. I'm sure Goku will be above Jannah level 9000. IYKYK.)

Bayesian Framework for Hadith Authenticity

A Bayesian framework gives us a way to incorporate both strengths and weaknesses of the hadith system and arrive at a nuanced, probabilistic conclusion instead of a binary "true or false." Here’s how I think we can break this down.

STEP 1: Define the Problem
Can we trust a given hadith to accurately reflect something the Prophet Muhammad said or did?
This isn’t black-and-white. It’s a probability question:
“Given the evidence (chain of narrators, historical context, content, motive), how likely is this hadith to be authentic?”
That’s exactly what Bayesian reasoning is designed for.

STEP 2: Bayes' Formula
We use:
P(H|E) = (P(E|H) * P(H)) / [(P(E|H) * P(H)) + (P(E|¬H) * (1 - P(H)))]
Where:

• H = the hadith is authentic
• E = the evidence (isnad, text, motive, etc.)

STEP 3: Break Down the Evidence
I think of the evidence (E) as a combination of multiple independent variables:

• Chain Integrity
  Are the narrators reliable? Did they live at the same time and place? Is the chain consistent across sources?
  Weaknesses: Fabrication, gaps in the chain, people pretending to hear from others.
  A strong chain could give you a 0.90 probability of truth. A manipulated or broken chain might drop that down to 0.10–0.40.


• Content Analysis
  Does the hadith make sense? Is it consistent with the Quran? Is the language overly exaggerated or politically convenient?
  If the content sounds strange or contradicts the core message of Islam, that lowers the likelihood that it’s real.


• Motivation Bias
  Does this hadith benefit a ruler, a sect, or someone in power? Was there an incentive to fabricate it?
  High motive to fabricate = higher P(E|¬H), which lowers your final confidence.


• Corroboration
  Are there multiple independent chains reporting the same hadith? Do scholars from different regions agree on it?
  The more independent confirmations, the higher your posterior probability. Single chains with no support are weak.

STEP 4: Global Weaknesses of the Hadith System
I think these need to be acknowledged honestly:

• There was political chaos after the Prophet’s death.
• Some companions and later narrators did fight, disagree, or had political agendas.
• Fabrications did happen in later centuries.
• Early documentation was mostly oral.

But here’s the thing: the entire isnaad system developed because of these risks. It was a response to real chaos, not blind idealism.

STEP 5: Sample Analysis
Let’s say we evaluate a sahih hadith with:

• Strong chain: 0.95
• Solid content: 0.97
• Low bias: 0.90
• Confirmed by others: 0.98

The posterior probability? Over 99%.

Now compare that to a weak hadith:

• Chain: 0.50
• Questionable content: 0.60
• Political bias: 0.40
• No corroboration: 0.30

Final confidence? Around 27%–35%.

Final Thoughts

Hadith science is effectively perfect. Some critiques might say it isn't truly perfect and doesn't share the same level of perfection as the Quran, but I say it’s still way more rigorous than most people realize.

If you model it properly, it looks a lot like modern forensic investigation with cross-referencing sources, identifying red flags, and adjusting for motive.

For the sceptic, think of isnaads like a decentralized trust system (think of blockchain, but not 100% accurate — for the sceptic it's 99.999%).

Sure, hadith isn't Quran. But if anything comes even remotely close to the Quran, it is the hadith. Hadith science is the best transmission, verification, and preservation method invented by mankind, second only to all Quran-related things of course.

Sceptics will say it’s not the absolute truth in the way that the Quran is, and that it’s a calibrated filter. Hmm... I don't know about that at this time.

Sceptics say we shouldn’t treat hadith as untouchable, but I say we also shouldn’t throw them out just because some parts are "perceived" to be "messy".

But, I guess, for sceptics, truth lives in the probabilities, not the extremes. So, since Hadith sciences is the best endeavor spearheaded by mankind — which is also bolstered by the Quran itself — that is a proof of the absolute truth of Islam.

Therefore, it will always be the Quran AND Hadith that are the basis of Islam and neither one alone. I think it's really cool that even with a unique analytical framework such as this - which is so far removed from anything traditional in terms of Hadith Authenticuty - we still arrive at the mainstream Islamic understanding of Hadith. That's amazing. SubhanAllah!

Okay. Now back to the regularly scheduled HaddeInUrChaddi programming...