Hadith Answers An online source for Hadith Fatwas
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What is meant when it is said that a narrator is or is not a حافظ الحديث as in for example
شريك: ليس بالحافظ عند أهل الحديث
Terminology
Meaning of Imam Abu Hanifa’s statement regarding ‘Al Gharib’
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What is meant by the following statement of Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullah) regarding Al Gharib:
من طلبها كذّب
Man talabaha kuddhiba
Some terms used to discredit narrators
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1. What is meant by Muttaham bil-Khidhb in Hadith?
Is he accused of lying in general conversations or fabricating a Hadith?
2. Will lying in Hadith always refer to fabricating?
3. Will that be the same as Fuhshul Ghalat?
Can ‘Al Mawquf’ and ‘Al Maqtu’ be graded?
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Will a maqtu’ and mawquf narration also be classed as authentic, sound or weak or is that just for marfu’ narrations?
Will a Hadith Qudsi also need to be authenticated?
Meaning of ‘Ulumul Hadith and Usulul Hadith
The Hadith term: Fard Nisbi
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Is fard nisbi technically a fard or will it be an aziz/mashur narration?
I have read that it is fard in relation to someone like a trustworthy narrator or people of one village and I have also read that it is when the loneliness occurs later on in the chain.
This is why I’m confused and not sure whether it is technically classed as fard or not. Please explain through an example.
Clarity on a chain in Sahih Muslim
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In the following sanad who heard from who:
عن الشعبي عن جرير انه سمعه.
Sahih Muslim, Kitabul Iman, number 228 (68)
Meaning of ‘Mukhadram’
Strengthening factors for Hadiths
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Could you kindly translate and explain the meaning of the following text from Allamah Sakhawi’s Fathul Mugith:
وقد يعرض المفرق ما يجعله فاءقاً،كأن يتفق يجيء ما انفرد به مسلم من طريق يبلغ بها التواتر أو الشهرة القوية أو يوافقه على تخريجه مشترطو الصحة، فهذا أقوى مما انفرد به البخاري، مع اتحاد مخرجه، وكذا نقول فيما انفرد به البخاري بالنسبة لما اتفقا عليه، بل وفي غيره من الأقسام المفضولة بالنسبة لما هو أعلى منه إذا انضمّ اليه ذلك.
Explanation of the word: أشبه
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What are the meaning/s of the word: أشبه below?
a) وَرَوَاهُ عبد الرَّزَّاق فِي مُصَنفه عَنهُ مَوْقُوفا وَهُوَ أشبه
b) قَالَ عِيَاض الثَّانِي أشبه بسياق الْبَاب
c) قَوْله وَرَأى بن عُمَرَ كَذَا ثَبَتَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي ذَرٍّ والأصيل وَغَيْرِهِمَا وَعِنْدَ بَعْضِ الرُّوَاةِ وَرَأَى عُمَرَ بِحَذْفِ بن وَهُوَ أشبه بِالصَّوَابِ
Meaning of a passage in Hadith terminology
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Could you kindly explain the meaning of the following text from Allamah Abdullah Sirajuddin’s commentary on Bayquniyah:
فحقيقة الرواية : هي نقل ما ورد من السنة ونحوها واسناد ذلك الى من عزي اليه بتحديث أو اخبار ونحوهما
وشروط الرواية هي تحمّل راويها لما يرويه بنوع من انواع التحمّل من سماع أو عرض أو اجازة أو نحو ذلك
I have understood it as follows:
The actual science of narrating Hadith is to transmit what has come down from Sunnah and to attribute it to the one who said it by using words like حدثنا or اخبرنا etc. The conditions for narrating is for the student to have received the Hadith in one of the accepted ways of receiving/studying such as listening, hearing the narration being read to the teacher, or the teacher giving permission to narrate it etc.
The subject matter of a Hadith Qudsi
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Could you kindly explain the meaning of the following text from Allamah Abdullah Sirajuddin’s commentary on Bayquniyyah: