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The isnad (or sanad) is the chain of narrators of a hadith.

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What are all the ways a hadith can be transmitted and what do they mean?

On another question, Sayyid mentioned four things someone could say to report how a saying of the prophet came to them through someone else: "from - An عَنْ" "he narrated to us - hadthna حَدَّثَنَا" "...
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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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Who is Abdullah ibn Dinar Al-Bahrani?

Ibn Hanbal often quotes chains originating from Abdullah ibn Dinar Al-Bahrani. I have not been able to obtain any information about him. According to the length of the chains, he must have lived in ...
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Who is Abu Zinad and Al-Araj in Imam Malik's Muwatta?

In a few narrations in Imam Malik's muwatta, a sanad from Malik to Abu Hurayra, through Abu Zinad and al-Araj, is present. An example is hadith 66 in book 2: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي ...
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First written source in Isnad

In hadith collections, the isnad is quoted starting from the last in chain back to the first, e.g. حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ ...
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When did the concept of 'isnad' originate?

In the history of hadith sciences, who was the first scholar to grade an isnad? When was the first use of the concept?
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Is this version correct?

I need help with the following variants : .....Then it is said to him: 'Sleep.' So he said: 'Can I return to my family to inform them?' They say: 'Sleep as a newlywed, whom none awakens but the ...
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Why is this hadith classed as Dai'f?

The hadith: Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed the Shaitan has an effect on the son of Adam, and the ...
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Ali's letter to his son - authentic?

Is the famous letter (filled with parental advice) attributed from Ali to his son al-Hasan an authentic piece? I am not aware of an isnad or a physical manuscript. Here's a link: https://www.al-islam....
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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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Where can I find the complete sanad of ahadiths online in English?

As-salaamu 'alaykoum, Is there an online ressource where one can check the complete sanad of ahadith ? I have checked the links given in this question and searched through Google but there is nothing ...
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Do we have any Hadith which chains going from Imam Jaffar or Imam Baqir to Hazrat Ali in the Sunni Hadith collections?

I recently came across the following Hadith and was wondering if anyone has a collection of Hadith from Imam Jaffar or Imam Baqir to Hazrat Ali in the Sunni Hadith collections. Would be very ...
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Is this hadith authentic? Ibn Abbas

Ibn 'Abbas said, "yuharrufuna" (4:46) means "they remove". No one removes the works of one of the Books of Allah Almighty, but they twist them, interpreting them improperly. " ...
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Is this information authentic?

I came across a certain information regarding the aftermath about the battle against a tribe called Banu Hawazin and that is, "Muhammad(pbuh) gave a girl called Zaynab bint Hayyan to Uthman ibn ...
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What is isnad of this Hadith about Muhammad made dua for rain?

O Ka'b, relate to us something from the Messenger of Allah." Ka'b said: "When a man came and said to the Prophet of Allah, 'Seek rain for the tribe of Muzhar,' I heard the Prophet say: 'You ...
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