Reply #18: At first, I was not sure what your question meant as I have not

[Spazito]

made a study of either faiths, Islamic or Jewish, but I was intrigued by your question so did a rudimentary search on the Talmud and found that the Talmud also has two components of which, until reading this, I was not aware:

"The Talmud has two components: the Mishnah (c. 200 CE), the first written compendium of Judaism's Oral Law; and the Gemara (c. 500 CE), a discussion of the Mishnah and related Tannaitic writings that often ventures onto other subjects and expounds broadly on the Tanakh."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud


So, if I am understanding your reference and question, it seems the answer might well be yes. The question I would have is whether what is written in the Haditha carries the same 'weight' as that which is in the Qur'an or whether it has slightly less influence because, if it has slightly less importance in terms of adherence then the coloring of hair to black may well not be as rigid a dictate then if it were contained within the Qur'an, I simply don't know.

The difference seems to be the Talmud is two components of equal importance whereas the Qur'an is the dominant component and the Haditha is supplementary to the Qur'an as opposed to being a part of it.

I hope I understood your question and responded accordingly, if not, I apologize but it certainly spurred me to do some more research and furthered my understanding, if only a little bit, regarding the Talmud, I thank you for that!