Questions tagged [uloom-al-hadith]
The hadith sciences ('Ilm al-Hadith, علم الحديث) refer to those studies which investigate and determine the authenticity of any given hadith and those which explain a hadith and search in the meanings of it's words and so on.
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Why is Abu Huraira considered unreliable by Shia fiqh?
I have seen that Abu Huraira is considered as an unreliable narrator by Shia:
One famous example would be the case of Abu Hurayrah, who narrated
over five thousand hadiths: Sunnis consider him a ...
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What is the meaning of hadith grading "Sahih in Chain"?
What is the definition and authenticity of a hadith graded "Sahih in Chain" and can it be used as evidence?
An example of "Sahih in Chain" being used from Asharis: Assemble is:
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Acting upon a Hasan (good) Hadith?
What is the attitude of the scholars concerning a hadeeth that is classified hasan (good) hadith, be used as evidence in islam and can we act upon it?
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Authenticity of Kanz al-Ummal?
Is Kanz al-Ummal byAli ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi a authentic hadith collection? How many weak ahadiths does it have?
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What was the earliest Hadith Book / Collection to be recorded?
What was the earliest Hadith Book / Collection to be recorded?
I heard it was Muwatta Malik?
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Is al Hakims Hadith collection Al Mustadrak reliable?
Is al Hakims hadith collection Al Mustadrak reliable? I have read on Wikipedia that al dhahabi said it was better if he never complied it and ibn hajar was also dubious about it. al Hakim said about ...
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Can you explain the status of mursal hadith?
Can you explain the status of a mursal hadith if it has sahih chain and the narrators are thiqah can it be used as evidence to prove something in Islam or is it regarded as a weak source? I believe ...
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How can seemingly contradictory ahadith still be classified as sahih?
In the hadith literature, there are often ahadith that apparently contradict each other in substantial ways. These are often used by polemics to poke holes in either ulum al-Hadith or Islamic theology ...
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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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The book of Al-Bidayah wan nihayah By Ibn Kathir?
Salaam Alaikum
The book of Al-Bidayah wan nihayah "The beginning and the end" is this book authentic does it have weak narrations?
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Can we send the reward of recitation of Quran or other ibadah to relatives who died?
A lot of people recite Quran and perform other ibadah and pray that the reward of this ibadah be given to a relative or friend who died.
What Quranic verses or Hadith tells us that the reward of one ...
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Is the hadeeth your mother 3 times then you father sane or fabricated
Abu Huraira may Allah be pleased with him, said: "A man came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him said: O Messenger of God, from the people is good Sahapti ?, said: (mother), he said: Then who?...
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Difference between Ijma' on transmission and Ijma' on opinion
What is the difference between Ijma' on the transmission (الإجماع على النقل) and Ijma' on the opinion? (إجماع في الرأي).
Apparently, they are sub-categories of Ijma (الإجماع) but what is the precise ...
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Why Knowledge is often related with religion?
Why scholars tend to translate or interpret the word علم 'ilm Knowledge in (interpretation) tafsir of the Qur'an or sharh (explanation) of ahadith/Hadith as knowledge of fiqh, sunna etc.
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Is Musnad Ahmed a book of Sahih Ahaadith?
Many muslims are read the Book of Ahaadith in the List of "Sihah Sittah" (The authentic six books of Ahaadith).
I want to mention the names of Sihah Sittah which are as following:
Sahih Bukhari
Sahih ...
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Can we formulate our own Tafseer from our understanding of Qur'an?
Narrated Jundab bin 'Abdullah:
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever says (something) about the Qur'an according to his own opinion and he is correct, yet he has committed a mistake."
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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 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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Checking Hadith grading of narration of Abu Dhar in Musnad Ahmed
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
As-Salaamu alaikum
Hadith of Abu Dhar in Musnad Ahmed about Dajjal and misguiding imams. Musnad Ahmed 20334 & 20335.
The hadith is mentioned in The Book titled Dajjal (...
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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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Does Islam allow killing of Innocent individuals, if the tribe has committed some crime?
According to this hadith:
"Narrated Atiyyah al-Qurazi:
I was among the captives of Banu Qurayzah. They (the Companions) examined us, and those who had begun to grow hair (pubes) were killed, and ...
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Reference for a hadith about the courage and bravery of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
There is a hadith by the Prophet's (PBUH) cousin Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), where he says the bravest among the fighters in Badr was the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The Arabic ...
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Did Umar Say That if There Was Not Ali , Then He undoubtedly killed? [closed]
Some Shiites believes that Umar (Arabic: عمر بن الخطاب, translit.: `Umar ibn Al-Khattāb) the second caliphate declared a famous sayings which designated on outranking and overriding of Ali.
I want to ...
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What is the source of sunnah.com while grade the hadith given in collections other than Bukhari and Muslim?
What is the source of sunnah.com while grade the hadith given in collections other than Bukhari and Muslim ?
For example, this hadith says its da'if (Darussalam). Which scholar's grading scheme are ...
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How many mutawatir hadis?
Reading from the thread How many ahad hadith are there in Sahih Bukhari?
and i searched other questions i want to know how many mutwatir hadis exist?
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How many ahad hadith are there in Sahih Bukhari?
Ahad hadith - hadith narrated by only one narrator
some scholars claim there are around 5000 ahad hadiths out of 7200+ hadiths.
How many ahad hadiths there in Sahih al-Bukhari?
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No soul will bear the burden of other? hadith vs Quran contradiction
Sahih Muslim Book 37. Repentance And Exhortation Of Repentance
Abu Burda reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle
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What does Faza'il-e-A'maal (فضائل الاعمال) mean?
In the answer #13271 of the question "Did the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) wash his hands before eating?", the user mentions that the two quoted hadiths are considered part of Faza'il-e-A'maal ...
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Can a strong hadith be wrong? If so, what do I do?
The Prophet said, "If somebody takes some 'Ajwa dates every morning, he will not be effected by poison or magic on that day till night." (Another narrator said seven dates). Volume 7, Book 71, Number ...
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Is shaving the beard Haram?
Is shaving the beard Haram? Is there any authentic hadith about it?
What is the opinion of the Quran about it? (Sunni and Shia)
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How did the Shiite Hadith sources originate? What are the authentic sources of Hadith? (Shia view)
Shiites have their distinct sources of hadith. My questions are:
How did they develop and by whom?
What is their authenticity?
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Are Hadith of the Prophet (SAW) accurate?
The Qur'an has never been changed and it can never be changed and so we should all for it. However Muslims also follow the Hadiths of the Prophet (SAW). How do we know that what has been written in ...
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What other are the commonly used hadith collections (besides the famous 6), and what is their relative authenticity?
What other are the commonly used hadith collections (besides the famous 6 i.e. Saheeh Muslim, Saheeh Bukhari, Jami'at al-Tirmidhi, Muwatta Malik, Sunan Abi Dawood and Sunan An-Nisai), and what is the ...
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Do Sunni Muslims consider the musnad of Imam Ahmad as equal to the six canonical hadith collections? [closed]
Do Sunni Muslims consider the musnad of Imam Ahmad as equal to the six canonical hadith collections (i.e. Saheeh Muslim, Saheeh Bukhari, Jami'at al-Tirmidhi, Muwatta Malik, Sunan Abi Dawood and Sunan ...
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Who has defined the law of Sahih, Hasan, Daef and Mawdu Hadees
Please if anyone can elaborate who has made the law of Sahih, Hasan, Daef AND Mawdu Hadees and who has said to follow only Sahih Hadees and leave all the other types of Hadees.
Regards,
Mush
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Do modern Hanafi scholars still rely on mash'hur ahadith?
It is known that Imam Abu Hanifa and his followers did not consider a sahih hadith sufficient evidence to rule anything fard, rather he required that the hadith also be mash'hur. Ostensibly this was ...
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What does Hadith Gharib (حديث غريب) mean?
Sheikh al-Albani many times says/describes Imam at-Tirmidhi's narrations as ghareeb (ling. strange). So What does Hadith Gharib (حديث غريب) mean? Does it mean that a hadith is weak?
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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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How many Sahih(Authentic) Hadith are there?
From the size of the major Hadith collections, I'd estimate that there are only around 80 thousand at most, including overlapping Hadith. Some links (quite unreliable) seem to put the number closer to ...
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What are the sources of Mawdu'/Fabricated Ahadeeth?
Some fabricated Ahadeeth come from an individuals self, but others come from other sources, like sayings of scholars, poets and doctors. So, what are the sources of fabricated Ahadeeth? What are the ...
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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 is the ruling on someone who narrates, and He is weak, but saw the thing being narrated with His eyes?
Some scholars have made sanad Hasan, and in the sanad there is a Man who narrates, for example so and so the son of so and so said, but this man is weak in memory, but He also saw what was being ...
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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
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What is the difference between Al Idraj wal Wad' (الإدراج و الوضع)?
Al Idraj is a saying not of the Prophet's (May God's blessings and peace be upon Him), and is sometimes on the part of the narrator, either to clarify a word or to make a saying of the Prophet (May ...
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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 was al-Albani's methodology for authenticating ahadith?
Often, I see ahadith cited, especially from those major collections other than the sahihain, with their authenticity graded by al-Albani. From perusing his selected bibliography on Wikipedia, I can ...
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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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Did Imaam Bukhari record incidents (which he witnessed) in addition to narrations?
I was just curious to list down the narrators of Ahadith. While scraping through some hadith sites (programmatically), I found the following hadith which had no narrator.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume 9,...
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