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The Hadith of Heraclius | Part 1 | Abu Sufyan Enters the Roman Court

The Narrators (1) Abû’l-Yamân Al-Ḥakam ibn Nâfiʿnarrated to us, saying: (2) Shuʿayb informed us on the authority of (3) Al-Zuhr who said: (4) ʿUbaydallah ibn ʿAbdallah ibn ʿUtâbah ibn Masʿûd informed me that (5) ʿAbdallah ibn ʿAbbâs informed him that (6) Abû…

Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 4 | The Sahih Hadith

IN ORDER TO appreciate the underpinnings of the Islamic sources (the Ḥadîth, in addition to the Quran), we must have some acquaintance with the Islamic Science of Ḥadîth (‘science’= organized observational and analytical technical apparatus for systematic study), which was developed in the early centuries of Islam…

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Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 3 | Accepted Ahad Narrations Accompanied by Additional Evidence

WHAT A KIND of additional collaborative evidence makes a solitary-transmitted (âhâd) ḥadîth reliable? What determines whether such a ḥadîth is applicable for juristic determinations? As mentioned in previous Mus ṭala ḥ Al- ḥadîth (specialized terminology of prophetic reports) articles, a ḥadîth is either…

Allowance for Movement in Salâh: An Explanation Based on Ibn Hajar Al-ʿAsqalâni’s Fath Al-Bâri

AL-AZRAQ IBN QAYS said: “We were in Al-A ḥwâz [a district near Al-Ba ṣra, between present day ʿIrâq and Iran] fighting the Harûrîyyah [the Khawârij, who fought against ʿAlî. They were called Harûriyyah because their initial base was in Ḥarûrâ’, a now…

Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 2 | The Concept of Ahad (Solitary Reports)

THE ARABIC WORD â ḥâd linguistically means ‘singles,’ in the sense of ‘solitary.’ It is the plural of the word a ḥad, which means, “single” or “one.” Thus Khabar Al-Â ḥâd means literally “report of the singles [that is, single transmitters].” Khabar Al-Â ḥâd, in…

Mustalah Al-Hadith (11) | Al-Hadith Al-Mudallas: The Ruling in Regards To Tadlis | Omar Abdl-Haleem

IN THE PREVIOUS installment on Mus ṭala ḥ Al-Ḥadîth (Al-Ḥadîth Al-Mudallas) we discussed the hidden break in the chain of narrations of a ḥadîth that scholars have termed ‘mudallas,’ meaning a hidden discontinuity in the chain of a ḥadîth report’s narrators. This…

Compilation of the Sunnah, Hadith Efforts of Tabi‘in and the Tabi‘i Al-Tabi‘in,

Mustalah: Takhrij -The Science of Citation and Extraction of Ahadith: A First look at Locating Hadith Based on their First Words (14) | Omar Abdl-Haleem

FEW MUSLIMS TODAY memorize a ḥadîth in quantity and fewer still according to their categories in the various ṣahîh collections. But there are those among that ever-rare breed of scholars, the mu ḥaddithîn, that still do. Accessing Ahadith There can be no…

Lesser Known Hadith Compilations: Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah and Sahih Ibn Hibban

Ibn Khuzaymah (223-311 h) of Naysâpûr in Central Asia and his book, Kitâb Al-Ṣaḥîḥ, The Authentic Book, is compared with Ibn Ḥibbân (275-354 h) from Khorâsân (northeastern Iran and large areas north and east) and his work Al-Taqâsim wa’l-Anwâʿ. 1. Sahih…

Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 6 | Mu‘allaq and Mursal Ahadith (Missing Links in a Chain of Narrators)

HOW A ḤADÎTH is judged when links in the transmission chain are missing? What are the seven technical categories? Here the first two are discussed. Can any such a ḥadîth be taken as reliable? One of the possible defects in a ḥadîth narration…

The Hadith of Heraclius | Part 2 | Heraclius Interrogates Abu Sufyan on the Prophet

IN THIS EPISODE we will continue our translation and reflection on Heraclius’ interrogation of the Quraishite chief, Abû Sufyân, about Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. The first question [Heraclius] posed to me [Abû Sufyân] was this: “What is the standing of his family among you?” “I…