Author: Omar Abdl-Haleem

Omar Abdl-Haleem is a fourth generation Muslim in America. He has a BA from Al-Azhar University in Usul Al-Din, specializing in Hadith, and was about to finish his Master’s Degree from Al-Azhar in Hadith, when he had to leave Egypt for safety reasons in the fall of 2013. He has translated most of Ibn Al-Jawzi’s book: Sayd Al-Khatir into English, which he intends to complete (some episodes of Omar’s translation of this book have appeared in Aljumuah Website). He is also working on a Hadith book for English speakers that explains and teaches Mustalah Al-Hadith (Hadith Terminology) in common terms. His Arabic is native, having studied in Egypt since he was 14, and then full time after completion of High School in the US. He is invaluable for AlJumuah in accessing scholarly texts. He intends to complete his graduate studies in Hadith.

Mustalah | Mukhtalif Al-Hadith: Al-Mu~laq wa Al-Muqayyad (Open and Restrictive Wordings in Apparently Contradictory Reports) (13) | Omar Abdl-Haleem

WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE looked at related ḥadîth reports that appear to contradict each other due to one conveying a general ruling and the other specifying when rulings do or do not apply (see Taʿâruḍ, Reconciling Contradictory Ḥadîths). We now turn to the…

Mustalah Al-Hadith (12) | Al-Ta‘arud: Criteria For Reconciling Contradictions Between Ahadith | Omar Abdl-Haleem

THE WORD ‘TAʿARUḌ’ in the Arabic language is derived from the trilateral root ʿayn • râ • ḍâd—or from ʿaraḍa—which means ‘parallel.’ The technical term ‘taʿâruḍ’ in ḥadîth studies also means ‘parallel,’ for just as two parallel lines never meet, similarly two…

Hadith Explained | Islam’s Position on Extremism | Omar Abdl-Haleem

Translation of the Text of the Hadith (as Literally as Possible) BUKHÂRI NARRATED IN his book Ṣaḥîḥ Al-Bukhâri on the authority of Abû Hurayrah that the Prophet ﷺ said: Indeed the Religion is easy. And none tries to overtake it except that…

Mustalah Al-Hadith (11) | Al-Hadith Al-Mudallas: The Ruling in Regards To Tadlis | Omar Abdl-Haleem

IN THE PREVIOUS installment on Mus ṭala ḥ Al-Ḥadîth (Al-Ḥadîth Al-Mudallas) we discussed the hidden break in the chain of narrations of a ḥadîth that scholars have termed ‘mudallas,’ meaning a hidden discontinuity in the chain of a ḥadîth report’s narrators. This…

Mustalah Al-Hadith (10) | Missing Links In A Chain of Narrators (Mu’allaq Ahadith and Mursal Ahadith) | Omar Abdl-Haleem

ONE OF THE possible defects in a narration is a break, or missing link, in the chain of narration. In Mus ṭala ḥ Al-Ḥadîth (Al-Ḥadîth Al-Muʿanʿan), we discuss which Arabic conjunctions convey an actual meeting between one narrator and the next. Having…

Mustalah Al-Hadith (9) | The Weak Hadith | Omar Abdl-Haleem

Definition THE WEAK ḤADÎTH is the report attributed to the Prophet ﷺ that lacks one or more of the conditions of an acceptable isnâd, or chain of narrators. There are different levels of weakness of isnâd. Some are weak, others very weak,…

Mustalah Al-Hadith (8) | The Hasan Hadith | Omar Abdl-Haleem

THE ḤASAN ḤADÎTH is an authentic ḥadîth, or report from the Prophet ﷺ, that is slightly weaker than a ṣaḥîḥ ḥadîth. As to its practical use, however, the scholars agree that the ḥasan ḥadîth is of a “compulsory” nature—meaning that the instructions,…

History Of Compilation Of The Sunnah | Sahih Muslim: A Brief Look At The Author And The Work (2) | Omar Abdl-Haleem

We conclude from Part 1 our look at the work of Imam Muslim (Imâm Abû Al-Ḥusayn Muslim ibn Al-Ḥajjâj ibn Muslim) in compiling authentic narrations of the Prophet ﷺ in his work of Hadith collection and authentication. We resume comparison of Muslim’s work…

History Of Compilation Of The Sunnah | Were Hadiths Compiled During the Life of the Prophet? | Omar Abdl Haleem

Compilation During the Lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad THERE IS A common misconception that only later on did it occur to the first generation of Muslims to write down the Sunnah. Thus, most people think that the official gathering and writing…

History Of Compilation Of The Sunnah | Sahih Muslim: A Brief Look At The Author And The Work (1) | Omar Abdl-Haleem

The Compiler THE COMPILER OF this Hadith collection is Imâm Abû Al-Ḥusayn Muslim ibn Al-Ḥajjâj ibn Muslim—or “Muslim” for short. There is dispute about the year of his birth, but it is almost certainly between 200 and 206h, or 815 and 821ce. There…