An Analysis on the Factors Behind Misuse of Spreading Hadith in Youtube

Hadith serves as a vital source of guidance for Muslims, alongside the Quran. It refers to the narration about the life of Prophet Muhammad, including his sayings, actions, tacit approval, and descriptions of his physical features and moral characteristics. The importance of hadith in current era could be seen in the rapid sharing of hadith in the social media. While social media offers an accessible medium for the spread of Islamic teachings, it has also become a space where hadith can be misrepresented or falsified for various reasons, including political, theological, or personal gains. Therefore, this study examines the factors contributing to the misuse of hadith on social media, with a particular focus on YouTube. It was chosen due to its wide usage of users on long duration video learning and gaining knowledge or information which is convenient and still relevant despite of any new platform developed today such as TikTok which focusing only on 15 seconds to 10 minutes video contents. As a qualitative study, this study applies content analysis by analyzing selected documents from library research and video data in YouTube which investigates the factors behind the misuse of hadith. The outcomes highlight the implications of this issue and emphasize the need for further scholarly attention to ensure the preservation of authentic hadith teachings in the new media age.