Rules Governing The Criticism Of Hadith
Author: Dr Mahmoud At-Tahhaan | Pages: 22 | Size: 1 MB
An summarised text detailing the rules governing the Criticism of
Hadeeth.
From its introduction -'A hadith (pl. ahadith) is composed of two parts:
the matn (text) and the isnad (chain of reporters). A text may seem to
be logical and reasonable but it needs an authentic isnad with reliable
reporters to be acceptable; 'Abdullah b. al-Mubarak (d. 181 AH) is
reported to have said, "The isnad is part of the religion: had it not
been for the isnad, whoever wished to would have said whatever he
liked."
During the lifetime of the Prophet (SAS) and after his death, his
Companions (Sahabah) used to refer to him when quoting his sayings. The
Successors (Tabi'un) followed suit; some of them used to quote the
Prophet (SAS) through the Companions while others would omit the
intermediate authority - such a hadith was known as mursal (loose). It
was found that the missing link between the Successor and the Prophet
(SAS) might be one person, i.e. a Companion, or two persons, the extra
person being an older Successor who heard the hadith from the
Companion.'
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