Questions tagged [ilm-ar-rijal]
علم الرجال refers to "Criticism of Hadeeth narrators الجرح والتعديل " studies and evaluates the accreditation of Hadeeths and their narrators.
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Is being a sunni or having sunni toughts a reason not to be reliable as a hadith narrator (shi'a hadith)?
Even if the Sahihs of al-Bukhari and Muslim are sunni hadith compilations and certainly in other more or less known hadith compilations of sunni scholars. Some of the narrators in their narrator ...
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How to interprete the “tabaqat الطبقات” categories in books on Jarh wa Ta'adil
Usually in books of jarh wa ta'adil scholars classify narrators in so called tabaqat الطبقات which seem to be some kind of categories or division for narrators.
I found it strange that two people who ...
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Who is the first person in the Muwatta?
In the Muwatta of Imam Malik, some ahadith start with "XXX related to me from Malik" - Who is this "me" that's narrating? Others start with "XXX related to me from YYY" with no mention of Malik.
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Is there any evidence to support that Abu Hurraira's sheer number of narrations is not feasible?
The following question Is there an explanation how abu Hurairah managed to narrate more than 5K hadith? is requesting for an explanation about how he was able to manage such a large number of ...
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Is there an explanation how abu Hurairah managed to narrate more than 5K hadith?
Abu Hurairah أبو هريرة () certainly is a sahabi on which there's a big dispute among the Muslim scholars in first place the shi'a and sunni scholars.
One of the main issues is the fact that this ...
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Is there a Shia book that analyses all Sunni hadeeth or raavi (narrator of hadees)
Asalam-o-alekum,
Is there any Shia book which analyses individual hadees in Sunni's 6 books and has some comments like whether this hadees is acceptable by Shia scholars or not? And similarly is there ...
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Is the term sighaar as-Sahaba agreed upon among hadith scholars?
Often we find in books of hadith scholars and historians (biographers) the expression that a certain narrator was among sighar as-Sahaba صغار الصحابة (maybe one could translate it small Sahabi). From ...
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How can scholars of Jarh and ta'adil be certain about the identity of a narrator?
Usually if you check a narrator chain -as a layman- you will find something like:
Abu Yusuf has narrated from 'Abdullah ibn Sa'id who heard Muhammad ibn al-Qassim who heard abu Hurrairah ...This is ...
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Do scholars of hadith science treat all the ahadith the same way?
It is wide spread that one may refer to da'if ahadith on topics that are neither about halal and haram nor fiqh nor 'aqidah ... (basically anything related to rulings).
For example when it comes to ...
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What is an example of a hadith that is sahih in chain but not sahih in content?
There are two main aspects of a hadith that make reliable (sahih): its narrator chain (sanad) and its content (matn). See Hadith studies at Wikipedia.
Question: What is an example of a hadith that ...
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What exactly is tadlees?
I'd like to get a good/full definition of tadlees:
This means a clear definition of the meaning.
If there are different kinds/levels I'd like to know the impact of the kind of tadlees on the ...
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Is there a scale or classification for scholars and their qualification of hadith narrators?
Often when a question about the authenticity or a qualification of a hadith is asked I find scholars quoting that scholar A considered the narrator X as fine, while scholar B considered him as da'if ...
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What exactly are the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim?
I've noticed that this question has never been asked before even if we have posts such as:
What are the requirements of a "Sahih" hadith?
Which criteria the Rawis(Arabic: 'narrators')...
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Did al-Bukhari and Muslim always follow their so called conditions?
In my answer on What are the terms of that which has reached Tawatur? I've tried to address the topic of the conditions of al.-Bukhari and Muslim.
I've also posted a related question: What exactly ...
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On what basis are the Sahaba considered trustworthy narrators of Hadeeth?
In the course of evaluating a Hadeeth's authenticity, scholars of Hadeeth have to investigate each person in its chain(s) of narrators for two things:
The trustworthiness of their character/...
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Status of al Waqidi as a narrator?
I know there is a lot of criticism for Al-Waqidi by the scholars and muhadditheen (scholars of hadith). They accuse him of being a liar and unreliable. But some scholars say he is trustworthy, such as ...
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Four untrustworthy hadith narrators of hadith said by al Nasa'i?
assalaam alaykum
I came across this statement by al Nasa'i where he mentions 4 people known to fabricate ahadeeths. Is he referring to Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi and number 4? (Muhammad bin Sa'id Syria??
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How can one check isnad?
To verify the hadith one have to verify isnad. My question is how to check Isnad? mean to say is there any early book of Islam (Authentic) in which the series of connection between narrator are ...
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What criteria do Rawis ('narrators') of sahih hadith have to fulfil? [duplicate]
What criteria do Rawis (Arabic for 'narrators') of sahih hadith have to fulfil?
As far as I know, there are six or seven requirements, starting with being adult and mentally fit.
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Who is Muhammad bin Abi Muhammad (محمد بن أبي محمد)?
In the sanad (chain of narrators) of Hadith #16620 in Attabari, one of the narrators is Muhammad bin Abi Muhammad (محمد بن أبي محمد), I would like to know who is he? what scholars have said in regards ...
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What are the terms of that which has reached Tawatur?
Mutawatir is when a narration gains a huge amount of narrators that it being a lie has basically become impossible, in other words there would basically be no doubt in regards to it's authenticity. ...
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What are the terms in which a weak (Da'if) Hadith can be strengthened?
If a narrator is weak in his righteousness (عدالته) the hadith cannot be strengthened, but if the weakness is in a narrator's accurateness (ضبطه) the narration/hadith can be strengthened but under ...
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What are the procedures that should be taken when trying to identify a fabricated Hadith?
When trying to look to see if a Hadith is Fabricated, one looks at two aspects
The narrator
The narration/the actual Hadith/The Matan
So when looking at the narrator, what are we looking for? ...
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Should a Hadith from people of Bid'at/innovations be trusted/accepted?
Should a Hadith from someone in the chain of narration (Isnad) who practices a Bid'ah be accepted? I have heard that if it supports what he is practicing of Bid'ah then it is not accepted but if it ...
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Did Bukhari consider narrators who narrate fabricated ahadith as reliable?
It is well-known (among Sunni muslims) that Imam Bukhari was extremely diligent while collecting ahadith, and his criteria are considered among the most stringent (if not the most stringent) in the ...
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What are the requirements for the acceptance of a hadith from a narrator?
I know that there are requirements that those who collected ahadith like Bukhari and others to ensure the authenticity of a hadith and accept it. For example, I hear often that the one giving the ...
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What is Al Jarh Wa at-Ta'dil ( الجرح و التعديل )?
What is Al Jarh Wa at-Ta'dil ( الجرح و التعديل )? and what is it's purpose?
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Is Sahih al-Bukhari considered as 100% authentic by Sunni scholars?
I think there are some Hadith in this book are not compatible with Quran.
Also I think this is not a logic term to say "Sahih Bukhari is Sahih (authentic) because its name is Sahih"
Bukhari was an ...
