Hadīth Qudsi ni kile kilichotufikia kama riwaya za Ahaad (riwaya za mtu mmoja mmoja) kutoka kwake, ambazo sanad yake inarudi hadi kwa Mola wake. Ni maneno yake Yeye, kwa kuwa yanahusishwa Kwake, na hili lipo katika idadi kubwa ya matukio. Uhusishaji Wake basi ni uhusishaji wa asili, kwa sababu Yeye ndiye aliyeyasema kwanza. Yanahusishwa pia na Mtume ﷺ, kwa sababu yeye ndiye anayetoa habari kuhusu Allah (SWT). Hili linatofautiana na Qur'ani, ambayo inahusishwa na mtu yeyote isipokuwa Yeye (SWT). Hivyo inasemwa:

The Hadīth Qudsi is what has been transmitted to us as Isolated (Ahaad) reports about him  with its isnād going back to his Lord . It is His  speech for it is attributed to Him  which is present in the majority of cases. The attribution to Him  then is an attribution of origination because he is the one who spoke it first. It is attributed to the Prophet  because he is the one informing about Allah  which is contrary to the Qur’ān which is attributed to no one except to Him . So it is said: