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Hadith is the second source of Islam and it covers the Prophet's every act, word, and confirmation and as well as his physical descriptions. The science of hadith deals with Prophet Muhammad's life and intends to explain based on certain methodology and key concepts. The scholars in the field of hadith have undertaken painstaking efforts to verify the authenticity of hadith and developed hadith sciences and terminological concepts in this field. However, understanding the prophetic traditions based on methodology of hadith is not covered much in English language. Furthermore, hadith studies written in English which combine both traditional and contemporary approaches are very few. Therefore, I tried answer the need in this area by combining both traditional and contemporary approaches on the selected hadiths of important topics. Prophet Muhammad (?) is the exemplary role model for all human beings, especially, for Muslims. In order to live Islam in its best way possible Muslims must know the life, words and teachings of the Prophet. Because, it is one of the primary sources of Islam. Allah bestowed upon the Prophet the interpretation of al-Qur'an for the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (?) is composed of statement and action, it is derived from the Book of Allah, and is indicative of its meaning. Hadith, its plural form ah?d?th, is a main source to learn Islam directly from the Prophet in its pure form. Although Prophet Muhammad addressed every aspect of life by his words, acts and conformation I could not take all ah?d?th in this book for it requires very voluminous works. Thus, I chose hadiths on the most important topics which are most relevant to contemporary Muslims. Instead of making this book many volumes I restricted it to one volume to make it easy and handy for readers.