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Sorcery Hadith is of Ahad: The hadith on sorcery - supposing it to be correct, is a singly narrated one (hadith ahad), and the ahad traditions are not approved in...

Sorcery Hadith is of Ahad: The hadith on sorcery ...

Conclusion After finishing discussion of the Muhammadan hadith and its history, I found it proper to conclude my book with chapters containing researches related to hadith and comprehending it. And...

Conclusion After finishing discussion of the Muha...

Muslim and His Book His name is Abu al-Husayn Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Qushayri al-Nisaburi. He was born in Nisabur in the year 204 H, and dead in it in 268...

Muslim and His Book His name is Abu al-Husayn Mus...

A Research on Disagreement Al-Imam al-Muqbili,661 in his book al-‘Ilm al-shamikh fi tafdil al-haqq ala al-aba’ wa al-mashayikh, dedicated a separate chapter in which he discussed the issue of disagreement...

A Research on Disagreement Al-Imam al-Muqbili,661...

Al-Nasa’i He is Abu Abd al-Rahman Ahmad ibn Shu’ayb al-Nasa’i. He was born in Nasa which belonged to Nisabur in 215 H. Al-Daraqutni said: He travelled for performing the hajj...

Al-Nasa’i He is Abu Abd al-Rahman Ahmad ibn Shu’a...

Jarh and Ta’dil After finishing discussion on hadith books, I an going to talk about jarh (sarcasm) and ta’dil, saying: When riwayah was inflicted with that corruption, and sahih traditions...

Jarh and Ta’dil After finishing discussion on had...

Reliability of the Companions The issue of reliability of the Companions is quite critical, about which much talk was there, beside lengthy dispute throughout all ages. Hence this subject deserves...

Reliability of the Companions The issue of reliab...

The Shiah and Writing of Hadith After discussing writing of hadith by Ahl al-Sunnah, I found it better to complete our discussion about history of tadwin of hadith by the...

The Shiah and Writing of Hadith After discussing ...

Famous Hadith Books I have stated earlier that sorts of hadith (al-ahad) being: sahih, hasan (good) and da’if (weak), presenting samples of their utterances about the sahih, as it was...

Famous Hadith Books I have stated earlier that so...

A Necessary Meditation It is proper here to make a short halt to meditate over what I stated before, of the sayings of Ibn al-Salah and al-Iraqi and al-Hakim, beside...

A Necessary Meditation It is proper here to make ...

Tadwin al-Hadith:468 In the beginning stage of putting hadith to writing, the Sahabah wrote it down in the form they received it. Every one of them embarked on collecting as...

Tadwin al-Hadith:468 In the beginning stage of pu...

First Narrator Accused in Islam: Ibn Qutaybah, in Ta'wil mukhtalif al-hadith, said: "When Abu Hurayrah reported that abundance of traditions the similar of which none among his Companions and the...

First Narrator Accused in Islam: Ibn Qutaybah, in...

Fabrication of Traditions against Ali Abu Ja'far al-Iskafi412 said that Mu'awiyah forced some of the Companions and the Followers to narrate obscene and indecent reports, with ascribing then to Ali,...

Fabrication of Traditions against Ali Abu Ja'far ...

Al-Dajjal (Impostor) 447 About al-Dajjal, to whom Ibn Khaldun referred in his discussion on al-Mahdi, many traditions have been reported, some of which indicating that the Prophet (S) was believing...

Al-Dajjal (Impostor) 447 About al-Dajjal, to whom...

Abu Hurayrah If the traditions of the Messenger of Allah were altogether the cornerstone of religion — like the Qur'an — upon which Din is set up, and source of...

Abu Hurayrah If the traditions of the Messenger o...

Ambiguous Traditions I previously stated that riwayah from the Messenger of Allah included many ambiguous and odd traditions, of which I cite some herewith for exemplary sake only as covering...

Ambiguous Traditions I previously stated that riw...

Jewish Traditions Spread by Ka’b and Wahb: To be acquainted with the Jewish fabricated traditions (Israeliyyat) spread by these two priests, that constituted suspicions with which enemies of Islam used...

Jewish Traditions Spread by Ka’b and Wahb: To be ...

Reason Behind his Embracing Islam: A surprising reason was invented by this priest (Ka’b) for his adoption of Islam, in order to penetrate and occupy the Muslims’ minds and hearts!...

Reason Behind his Embracing Islam: A surprising r...

Jewish Role in Preferring the Sham: We stated before that the extolling made by the Jewish rabbis that the Prophet’s rule would be in the Sham was only for a...

Jewish Role in Preferring the Sham: We stated bef...

Masihiyyat in Hadith (Hadith of Jassasah, of Satan's stabbing all mankind except Jesus and his mother — Ibn Jarih) If the Israeliyyat distorted the splendour of Islam through their fabricated...

Masihiyyat in Hadith (Hadith of Jassasah, of Sata...

Composition of Hadithand its Causes Postponement of writing down the hadith and recording its words till after the 1st century A.H. and beginnings of the 2nd century, led to expansion...

Composition of Hadithand its Causes Postponement ...