FIQH AL-HADITS:

Abstract

The trend of  interpretations on Islamic texts from the Qur’an and hadiths has been increasing at the present time. but these understandings­ leading up to create polemics in the community. The case­ triggered by some religious circles who  at the end explained religious sources with some limitations, either caused by insufficient understandings or misleadings in interpreting the refferences.  ­This paper aims to reveal ­ the appropriate method of understanding hadiths which ­is closer to ­ the intention of the Speaker, due to the fact that there has been a very long time interval between us - as recipients of the  information - with the owner of the text. The research also investigates the language used and the background situations of the hadiths. Therefore, an apppropriate methodological perspective is ­ pivotal to understand the hadiths more comprehensively.­ ­ ­This paper is a library research advantaging primarily from the book of  fiqh al-Hadith using content analyses approach. The aim is to find out  appropriate methods or formulas ­ in understanding the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad to bring the prophetic messages for bettter understandings and practices.