Sciences of Hadith

Question 1

What is the Hadith?

Answer 1

That which is attributed of the Prophet Muhammad of action, statement, approval and description

Question 2

What is the Sunnah?

Answer 2

Way or teachings of the Prophet Muhammad

Question 3

What are the parts of the Hadith?

Answer 3

1. Text (Matn) 2. Narration (insad sanad) chain (1. Companions 2. Sucessors 3. Sucessors of successors)

Question 4

How has parts of the Hadith reached us?

Answer 4

1. Many chains of narration: multiple recitation 2. a few chains of narration: singular recitation

Question 5

What is Mutawir?

Answer 5

that which is narrated by such a large number of people that it cannot possibly be a lie/ made up (large number of narrators; the same amount of people have to be present in each chain of narration)

Question 6

What are the two types of Mutawir?

Answer 6

1. Meaning: the meaning is consistent but wording varies between narrations 2. Wording: wording is narrated by multiple people exactly the way it was stated by Muhammad

Question 7

What are the types of singular recitation?

Answer 7

1. Gareed (strange) Hadith: at one or more places in chains of narration there is only one narrator 2. Azeez (strong) Hadith: narrated by 2 narrators in one or more chain of narration 3. Mashar (famous) Hadith: 3 or more narrators in a chain of narration

Question 8

What are the accepted types of Hadiths?

Answer 8

1. Sahih Hadith (rigorously authentic) 2. Sahih il ghani (rigorously authentic due to evidence) 3. Hasan (well authenticated) 4. Hasan li ghani (well authenticated due to evidence)

Question 9

What are the authentic rules of Sahih Hadith?

Answer 9

1. Connected chain 2. Narrators are upright 3. Preservation of memory/ book 4. Does not go against that which is more authentic 5. No hidden defect

Question 10

What are the most authentic Hadiths?

Answer 10

1. Sahih al- Bulchari 2. Sahih Muslim 3. Jami al- Timalchi 4. Sunon abi Davad 5. Sunin iba Majah 6. Sunon at Nabai 7. Mutas of Malik 8. Musad of Ahmad 9. Sunon at Darnini

Question 11

What is a weak Hadith?

Answer 11

does not meet one of the five conditions of an authentic Hadith

Question 12

What are the types of weak Hadiths?

Answer 12

1. Weak 2. Very weak 3. Baseless 4. Weak and contradicting that which is more authentic 5. Fabricated

Question 13

What is a breakage in the chain?

Answer 13

1. Breakage with companion (Mursal Hadith: successor says prophet said something but does not identify a companion) 2. Breakage of two people in the chain 3. Dropping a narrator in the chain but making reader think the narrator did not drop a narrator

Question 14

What are problems with narrators?

Answer 14

1. Proven liar 2. Accused of lying in everyday life 3. Sinner 4. Makes up new beliefs in religion 5. Unknown name or biography

Question 15

What are problems with memory?

Answer 15

1. Poor memory 2. Contradicts people with better memory 3. Makes mistakes in narrations 4. Cannot distinguish what is authentic from him 5. Makes big mistakes

Question 16

What is a fabricated Hadith?

Answer 16

Proven to have a narrator in its chain who is a liar against prophet

Question 17

What is an abandoned Hadith?

Answer 17

proven to have a narrator in its chain that is accused of lying

Question 18

What is a detested Hadith?

Answer 18

Big mistakes

Question 19

What is a ill Hadith?

Answer 19

Small mistakes

Question 20

What are types of mistakes?

Answer 20

1. adding own words in Hadith 2. switch names of narrator in chain 3. multiple narrators with the same name 4. narration is different in details 5. mixing up names based on marking (dots/lines) on letters 6. contradicting authentic Hadiths