Discovering “interesting” keyword patterns in Hadith chapter documents

Abstract

True Muslims around the world believe in Al Quran and Hadith. Al Quran is the principal religious text of Islam, a revelation from Allah. Hadith is also one of the fundamental sources of Islamic references and guidance for the Muslims after the Holy Book, Al-Quran. Hadith is referred to a report, statement, act, story, narration or discourse. Hadith, originally in Arabic, covers a wide range of issues among Muslims such as spiritual, economic, political and social, administration of inheritance of wealth, etc. Since Muslims come from many races and use different languages, Muslim scholars have translated the chapters into various languages so that Muslims around the world can understand the meaning of it. This paper investigates the frequent patterns that can be found in the chapters of Hadith. By using the technique of Association Rule Mining (ARM), frequent patterns and interesting relationships that can benefits Muslim scholars in making full use of Hadith in assisting them in their daily Islamic life and practice.