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Who were the first people to categorise the Hadeeth into Mutawātir and Āhād – By Shaikh Rabee’ Al-Madkhali

Question: Who was the first to categorise the Hadeeth into Mutawātir and Āhād? Answer: Al-Muʿtazilah – they were the first to say: ‘The āhād narrations amount to speculation’, and Ahlul-Kalām [read on…]

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Part 4: Hadeeth Science and Literature: Conditions of a Saheeh Hadeeth; Definitions: Musnad, Musannaf, Mu’jam, Sunan, Jaami’, etc.

2.0 The Accepted Report The categories of the accepted report (al-khabr al-maqbool): The two major categories of an accepted report are: Saheeh (“sound”) and Hasan (“good”). Each of these is further divided, such that we [read on…]

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Shaikh Abdullaah Al-Bukhaaree: An important word concerning the “Ghareeb” (singular or rare) narrations and statements

It is well worth reading: “Introduction to the beginnings of the Hadeeth sciences: Mutawaatir, Aahaad, and their categories (Part 3)” before this article, since this is an additional note to the [read on…]