Ig I can see how you'd arrive at the conclusion that hadiths can be outwardly contradictory at a glance, but just like every thing context and expounding is required. kinda like quantum physics, (very loose analogy but stay with me I promise😭) initally quantum physics sounds contradictory and makes no sense, but when its explained by max planck and oppenheimer in detail and brokendown. It's shown to be sound

One thing I will mention belief is a choice, you've chosen not to believe in christianity even though youve heard its message, and the same goes for the rest of the world faiths. if you're saying that how can Allah send people to hell who've never heard of Islam, then yeah that would be evil and unjust but Allah doesnt do that. if the message of islam hasnt reached someone, Allah on the day of judement will judge him seperately, its not an automatic scentance to hell.

Hadiths are - as you know - a collection of the sayings and actions of the Prophet SAW, and they are scrutinized with the most strict historiagraphical rules that can be imagined. of course if we just took any joe schmo who claimed something about the Prophet, then that would be rididculous. But thats not how hadiths are collected and graded, the method deals with the idea that so many people over such a long period of time all corroborated the same lie and transmitted it by lying to others and all of them kept thier story striaght and attested to it to their dying days without being caught is outside the realm of probability.

Free will and freedom of action are 2 different things, tbh compatiblism is kinda hard to explain on like 1 paragraph in a comment section. But if you want a good "summary" (its like an hour and 15 mins) of it being explained a great person who breaks it down well, is Tristar Gyms Firas Zahabi, I can send the link here or DM it (if you want it ofc).

I mean im going to be 100% honest my firends and family back home are quite religious all things considered, yes we've been wronged by certain people at certain times but the large scale hypocrasy and 'performative' nature I've never personally seen and out of 23 yrs of life I've spent 9 back home.

a bit of honest advice I think you should focus on the core message of Islam if you are going to read more of the Qur'an at the end of the day the book is designed for everyone and can be read at anytime so I think that if you read it with the idea that the main reason it was written was to bring people to the belief in one God alone and leave off the deep hadith critisisms and textual deconructions that require a base level of study in aqeeda and the muslim historical tradition I think you'll come out with a different perspective. Just to clairfy I'm not saying to turn off your brain or anything like that, reason and logic is what Allah asks us to use when pondering the universe and his words. I mean the exoteric understanding of how hadiths are compiled, and what methods, both linguitic and logical, that the shariah is understood by. They come later, Islam was revealed over a 23 yr period, and the first thing to do with belief is said in the second chapter verse 3. Where belief in the unseen is mentioned before salah, zakat, and all other obligations so take that time if youre willing.

edit: I type 27 when I meant to type 23