Tag Archives: Mustalahul Hadith

October, 2017

30 October
Mustafid Hadiths

Question What are the various definitions given for a Mustafid Hadith in comparison to Mash-hur Hadith?
25 October
What is ‘ilm Daruri and ‘ilm Nazari?

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

21 September
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 chain along with how the rawi received ijazah such as Haddathana or Akhabarana?

31 August
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?
21 August
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?

25 July
Preferred books for Mustalahul Hadith

Question I wanted to ask: what have the Scholars you have met and studied under, thought to be the best book to study in Mustalahul Hadith? I know for example Allamah Fadlul Rahman al Adhami says that Fathul Mugith is the best work on the subject. What would you think is amongst the best books in this subject and what …
24 July
Hanafi Usoolul Hadith books

Question Could you please recommend a few books that explain the Hanafi principles of deriving rulings from Hadith.
5 July
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 ‘anhum), rather they start counting the number of narrators from the level of Tabi’un. Also, I have read that the example of an Aziz narration is : لا …
1 July
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 the Hadith: إن وليتموها أبا بكر Will the narration in Muwatta still be classed as Mu’dal or will it be classed as Sahih because it has …

31 May
Can a weak narration rise to acceptance with corroboration?

Question In your answers, I have seen you many times, mention a weak narration is raised to level of hasan. I was wondering, is this in accordance to the methodology of earlier Hadith scholars such as from the salaf or a modern day invention?

18 April
Ruling of weak narrations that support each other

Question If a weak Hadith is supported by another weak Hadith then generally that Hadith becomes hasan lighayrihi. 1. What will be the ruling of two weak Hadiths which have the weakness at the same level? In a case where both the weak narrations, are at the level of Atba’ Al-Tabi’in, there is a weak narrator or there’s jahalah in the …

28 March
The types of Sahih Hadiths in Bukhari and Muslim

Question I have the following questions about Hadith: 1. Are all the Hadiths in Bukhari and Muslim sahih li dhatihi or are there also some sahih li ghayrihi narrations? Please provide example if there are any? 2. For a Hadith to be classed as sahih li ghayrihi, does the supporting narration need to have the exact words or just the …
23 March
The number needed for Mutawatir

Question I studied that some opinions said that the number of mutawatir Hadith must be 313 to match that of the people of Badr but I tried to look for who exactly said this and I could not find an answer. Ibn Taymiyyah and ‘Ali Qari mentioned the opinion by generically saying ‘And some said’ without mentioning who. Can you …

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