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Terminology

8 November 2017

What is the definition of Al Khabarul Wahid?

Question What is the definition of a khabarul wahid Hadith?

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7 November 2017

Question about a Hadith being labelled Gharib

Question I wanted to enquire with regards to people of the same age narrating at the same level, like in the Hadith about intention. I have read that below Sayyiduna 'Umar (radiyallahu 'anhu), three…

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1 November 2017

What defines a ‘tabaqah’ in a Hadith chain?

Question My question is in relation to the number of narrators found at every level, in order to class a narration as Mutawatir or Khabar wahid. What is meant by each stage (Tabaqah)? Many times,…

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30 October 2017

Mustafid Hadiths

Question What are the various definitions given for a Mustafid Hadith in comparison to Mash-hur Hadith?

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25 October 2017

What is ‘ilm Daruri and ‘ilm Nazari?

Question What is meant by 'Ilm Dharuri and 'Ilm Nazari?

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21 September 2017

Meaning of the words: Sanad and Isnad

Question What is the difference between Sanad and Isnad? Am I right in assuming that Sanad refers to the names of people mentioned in the chain, whereas Isnad refers to mentioning/writing the full…

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20 September 2017

Meaning of a term used in Mirqat

Question In Mirqatul Mafatih sometimes when discussing details about a rawi Mullah 'Ali Qari says ذكره المؤلف . Who is المؤلف?

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13 September 2017

Difference between ‘Al Marfu’ and ‘Al Mawquf’

Question Could you tell me the difference between a 'mawquf' (موقوف) and 'marfu' (مرفوع) Hadith?

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7 September 2017

Clarification regarding certain terms used in Sahih Muslim

Question What is meant by 'riwayatan' in the following Hadith in Sahih Muslim under the chapter of fasting: Qala Abu Bakr 'riwayatan' wa qala 'Amrun 'yablughu bihin Nabiyya sallallahu 'alayhi wa…

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31 August 2017

Imams Ibn Khuzaymah’s and Ibn Hibban’s rank being higher than Imam Hakim (rahimahumullah)

Question و قالوا ابن خزيمة وابن حبان أمكن وأقوي من الحاكم وأحسن وألطف فى اﻷسانيد والمتون (Mishkat muqaddimah) What does ألطف mean in the above ibarah?……

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21 August 2017

Are the terms of Taqribut Tahdhib general or specific?

Question I was wondering, what does it mean when a narrator is declared Maqbul by Ibn Hajar? Is it referring to his own definition, or that of the majority?

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11 August 2017

Meaning of the term ‘Fihi Maqal’

Question What does 'fihi maqal' refer to/mean regarding a narrator?

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2 August 2017

Meaning of the word tariq

Question Does tariq and sanad have the same meaning?

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5 July 2017

A question on Hadiths that are ‘Aziz

Question I have read that in terms of classing a Hadith according to the number of narrators, Aziz, Gharib, Mashur and Mutawatir, many scholars do not include the Tabaqah of Sahabah (radiyallahu…

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1 July 2017

The ruling of a text that is found with a broken chain in one book, and a full chain elsewhere

Question 1. There are narrations in books like Muwatta of Imam Malik which have discontinuity in the chain, however, in other books the same Hadith is mentioned with a continuous chain. An example is…

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