Category: Mustalah al-Hadith (Classification of Hadith) & its sciences
Types of hadith according to who it is attributed to
I have a question about some terminology that I would like you to explain to me. In some audio lectures I hear words such as (a marfoo' hadith) or (a maqtoo' hadith)..
Praise be to Allah.The scholars of Hadith have a number of categories for reports, which vary according to the criteria they are looking at. One such case is the division of Hadith into categories based on who the Hadith is attributed to.They say: Hadith may be divided into categories according to ... Continue Reading
Hadeeths that differentiate between the scholars and the martyrs`
How sound is this hadeeth: “The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr”?
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
The hadeeths which state that the scholars are superior to the martyrs, or that the ink of the scholar is superior to the blood of the martyr, were narrated from a number of the Sahaabah, but they have weak and flimsy, or fabricated isnaads, which we ... Continue Reading
Mohammad Akram Nadwi
Books
Since 2013-02-25
al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars in Islam
This book is an adaptation of the Muqaddima or Preface to Mohammad Akram s 40-volume biographical dictionary (in Arabic) of the Muslim women who studied and taught hadith. It presents, samples and r ... more