Development of a web-extension for authentication of online hadith texts

Abstract

Background and objective: With the widespread internet availability, now-a-days Hadith texts which are essential sources of Islamic knowledge appear on many websites. In this paper, a client-based web-extension program that can authenticate online Hadith texts from Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is presented. Materials and Methods: First, the program reads the content of the specific browsed website and identifies Arabic language only. Then this Arabic text is screened to verify whether this contains any Hadith text by comparing with the authentic source. If complete match occurs in comparison, then the text is marked with green color proving the text as authentic. If some words/letters are missing, then the text will be marked with red color indicating that the Hadith is unauthentic and requires to be verified. Results: Using this web-extension, the authenticity of Hadith from Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim can be verified simply by clicking a button of the web-extension. If the Hadith is unauthentic, it will display the authentic version of Hadith just by moving the mouse over the unauthentic text. Conclusion: This application will create Islamic consciousness for ordinary people. The application will also benefit government agencies of Islamic affairs, Hadith printing centers, etc.

Artificial Intelligence and Modern Information Technologies Applications in Islamic Sciences: A Survey

“…Applying this kind of Recommender Systems with the purpose of extend the content range can play a remarkable role in expediting and deepening the processes of hadith scholarship of the researchers. [62]- [68] The next subcategory is Hadith Classification that is among the key topics of this field. Classification of texts as one of the main machine learning techniques has various functions in processing the content of hadith.…”