Abstract
<jats:p>Culture and Hadith An Examination in the Context of Mutual Interaction Hadiths convey to us the words, actions, and attitudes of the Prophet Muhammad (sas) regarding life. As the messenger of the final religion (İslam), the Prophet Muhammad brought Allahs message to life. He was a prophet who acted under divine revelation, but he also lived as a member of the Arab society and the culture of the Hijaz region at that time. It was inevitable that the Sunnah and the culture in which the Prophet lived would interact with each other. While the Sunnah added color to the existing culture, it was also influenced by it. This influence was not wholesale or general in nature; sometimes it was confirmatory, sometimes rejective, and sometimes it served a revising function by filtering and refining. This study examines the mutual influence between the hadiths, which are the main material of the Sunnah, and the culture in which the Messenger of Allah lived, that is, their interaction with each other. It has been seen that both phenomena interacted with each other. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah, neither completely rejected the culture of the society in which he lived nor accepted it as it was. Naturally, if there were cultural elements that needed to be removed, he took a stance against them; he confirmed the cultural elements that needed to be preserved, that were not contrary to human nature and Islam, and left them as they were; he changed and transformed those that needed to be corrected, improved, and adapted to Islam, giving them a new form. In addition, as the Prophet of the ummah and the representative of the final religion, Islam, he established the Sunnah, a way of life that naturally guides Muslims. Keywords: Hadith; Sunnah; The Prophet; Culture; Civilization</jats:p>