In part 3 of our series, we look at how the early Muslims memorized, collected, and finally wrote down the hadith. Without negating the importance of the hadith for understanding Islam, Dr. Shabir Ally points to the primacy of the Quran over the hadith and explains the manner in which our understanding of hadith can be reasonably balanced. Using the hadith as his guide, he shows just how much can be discovered when properly evaluating historical sources. For example, It may be surprising for us