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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 (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 | 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…

Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 7 | Al-Hadith Al-Mudallas (The Hadith with Hidden Discontinuity)

IN PAST ARTICLES, we discussed the obvious breaks in the chain of narrations and their effects on the ḥadîth. Now we turn to the kinds of breaks in the chain that are hidden and can only be discovered after scrutiny and comparison.…

Mustalah Al-Hadith | Lesson 5 | Al-Hadith Al-Mu‘an‘an (A Hadith that has Links in its Chain Connected by the Junction Connector: ‘an)

ḤADÎTH NARRATIONS ARE considered mardûd (rejected) based on four discrepancies: Discrepancy in the continuity of the chain of narrators Discrepancy with one or more of the narrators Discrepancy in the chain of narrators Discrepancy in the Text One of the issues of continuity…

The Pagan Deities Al-Lat and Al-‘Uzza | An Explanation of Hadiths 4859 & 4860 of Sahih Al-Bukhari

The Heading Have you not seen Al-Lât and Al-ʿUzza… [Sûrat Al-Najm, 53:19] The Human Chain of Narration for Hadith 4859 Bukhâri narrates: Muslim ibn Ibrâhîm told us that Abû Al-Ash-hab told us that Abû’l–Jawzâ’ told us that On the authority of…