The A??d?th mentioned in Shar?'ah and U??l al-D?n Textbooks (KBD): A Critical Analytical Study

Abstract

Integrated Religious Curriculum (KBD) is a curriculum that teaches Shariah and Fundamentals of Religion among the main subjects. The curriculum is designed to educate students based on evidence on various religious issues, as well as to establish their knowledge of and understanding of these issues. In order to give students in schools an understanding of these two subjects, as well as to obtain the Malaysian Secondary Certificate (SPM), textbooks for these two subjects have become essential references. The importance of this subject was evident by the fact that, in 2022, more than 12,000 students took the Shariah and Fundamentals of Religion examination to obtain the SPM. Due to its popularity among teachers and students in Malaysian schools, it is subject to revision and investigation. This is to ensure that the hadith mentioned are authentic. During the research process, the researcher followed an inductive methodology for collecting non-six hadith collections (kutub al-sittah) mentioned in Shariah and Fundamentals of Religion textbooks for grades one to five, researcher also adopts a critical methodology for finding out whether hadith are authentic or weak by extracting their sources and examining opinions of early, late, and contemporary scholars. Any disagreement between scholars' opinions is then resolved by the researcher favoring what he believes to be more accurate. Based on the analysis of 59 hadith that have been narrated by other than the six hadith collections (kutub al-sittah) that are mentioned in these textbooks, it has been determined that 8 hadith were accepted, equivalent to 14%, and 51 hadith were rejected, equivalent to 86%. This can be explained by the fact that the number of hadith that are confirmed to be sahih (authentic) is two hadith namely: ?asan li-dh?tihi is one hadith, ?asan li--ghayrihi is five hadith, al-?a??f al-Khaf?f is 35 hadith, and al-?a??f al-shad?d is 16 hadith.