11 Safar 14391 November 2017
What Defines a “Tabaqah” in a Hadith Chain?
QuestionMy 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, individuals narrate Hadith to people of their own age and their own generation. In this instance,…