This writing aims to identify the perception of academics on the development of hadith and bidaah studies in the community. The contribution of academics to the study of hadith is also very necessary so that Muslims can get to know al-Sunnah more closely. The selected academics are from the Islamic Studies Academy of the University of Malaya, the National University of Malaysia, the Islamic Science University of Malaysia and the International Islamic University, all of which are in various fields of Islamic Studies. The method used in this study is a questionnaire which is cluster sampling. The author distributed the questionnaire to academics at the university. Based on the descriptive analysis of this questionnaire, it can be concluded that academics think that the exposure of hadith studies in Malaysia is still decreasing, and it needs to be created or added to either in educational institutions or in mosques whether in cities or in villages. village Including also making improvements to the study according to the discipline of hadith science. The teaching force of hadith studies also does not explore other hadith books such as Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim and others. They only focus their teaching on specific books of hadith such as Riyad al-Salihin, the forty hadith of Imam al-Nawawi and the like. Therefore, it needs to be diversified because Muslims have started to be interested in the study of hadith and matters related to bidaah, although the study of hadith is still considered to be reduced or not in accordance with the discipline of hadith science. It is hoped that this writing can provide guidance to teaching staff, religious institutions and departments and others in contributing knowledge that is beneficial to all Muslims in understanding the hadith of the Prophet SAW and applying it in life.
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