This study examines the credibility of hadith(Islam’s prophetic tradition) -based information on web pages. It focuses on the utilization, concerns, perceptions and opinions of a majority of Muslim scholars and academicians concerning the credibility of hadith available on websites. The interesting finding of this study is that the majority of the participants lack trust and confidence in the hadith found on websites. They agreed that reliable criteria are needed to ensure that the hadith information found on websites is accurate and reliable. This study suggests important criteria for ascertaining the credibility of hadith information such as verifying its authenticity, determining the reliability of the web host, proper citation of the primary sources and support from hadith scholars.

This study highlights the integration of knowledge in Islam’s second most holy scripture called ‘Prophetic Traditions’ (the sayings of Prophet Muhammad PBUH). To attain this aim, it explores a new model for indexing the ‘Prophetic traditions’ based on its scientific content specifically issues related to medical sciences. This study used qualitative methods to analyse the content related to medical sciences in the most authentic compilations on Prophetic traditions namely Sahih al-Bukhari. All scientific content related to science are enlisted according to sub-areas of modern medical sciences. The used sub-areas are provided by the Malaysian Development Research Classification System 5th Edition through MOSTI. It is expected that this index could be a helpful tool for scientists to discover new domains in their discipline. Likewise, it would provide an avenue to the scholars of Islamic Prophetic traditions to review and renew the existing knowledge in their field.