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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…

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…

History of Compilation of the Sunnah | Efforts of the Tabi‘in and the Tabi‘i Al-Tabi‘in

THE ṬÂBIʿÎN ARE the generation after the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ. They received the Sunnah, or “way,” of the Prophet ﷺ from the Companions then transmitted this practical behavioral and conceptual knowledge from the Companions to the world. They are considered the best…

History Of Compilation Of The Sunnah | Sahih Muslim: A Brief Look At The Author And The Work (2) | Omar Abdl-Haleem

We conclude from Part 1 our look at the work of Imam Muslim (Imâm Abû Al-Ḥusayn Muslim ibn Al-Ḥajjâj ibn Muslim) in compiling authentic narrations of the Prophet ﷺ in his work of Hadith collection and authentication. We resume comparison of Muslim’s work…

Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 1 | The Concept of Tawatur

Did He Really Say That? THE FIRST THING to be considered when any report reaches us is how it came to us. That is to say, what is the report’s means and history of transmission, and how reliable is its method of conveyance, reception,…