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What are Mutawatir hadiths?
A Mutawatir (مُتَواتِر meaning “successive”) Hadith is a report of such a large number of narrators (at different times) that their agreement upon an untruth is inconceivable thus being accepted as unquestionable in its veracity.
What is Khabar hadith?
Experts in hadith studies generally use two terms – taqrīr for tacit approvals, and khabar for sayings and acts ascribed to Muhammad. The term taqrīr implies that, in the presence of Muhammad, a believer did something, which Muhammad noticed but did not disapprove or condemn.
What is an example of a hadith?
An example of a hadith qudsi is the hadith of Abu Hurairah who said that Muhammad said: When God decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His book which is laid down with Him: My mercy prevails over My wrath.
What is sanad and Matan?
Each Hadith consists of two important parts namely sanad and matan. Matan is the content of the hadith containing the words of the Prophet saw, while the sanad is a string of names narrated by hadith from the level of companions.
What is a khabar?
noun. mass nounIndian. The latest information; news.
What is Mutawatir and Ahad?
Impact on Islamic law One view, expressed by Ibn Hajar and others, is that a hadith mutawatir achieves certain knowledge, while ahad hadith, unless otherwise corroborated, yields speculative knowledge upon which action is not mandated.
What is Khabar Wahid?
Literally, khabar al-wahid {pi. akhbar at-ahad) means a tradition or report. going back to one single authority.1 Its synonyms are khabar al-‘mfirad and.
How many hadith are there?
According to Munthiri, there are a total of 2,200 hadiths (without repetition) in Sahih Muslim. According to Muhammad Amin, there are 1,400 authentic hadiths that are reported in other books, mainly the six major hadith collections.
What is Arabic hadith?
Hadith, Arabic Ḥadīth (“News” or “Story”), also spelled Hadīt, record of the traditions or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, revered and received as a major source of religious law and moral guidance, second only to the authority of the Qurʾān, the holy book of Islam.
What is the meaning of mutawatir hadith?
Mutawātir hadith (Arabic: الحديث المتواتر) is a hadith which is reported numerously by different narrators and through various chains of transmission in a way that substantiates its authenticity. Mutawatir hadiths are considered opposite Khabar al-Wahid, i.e. non-Mutawatir hadiths are Wahid accounts.
What is mutawatir and Wahid?
The root of this term is derived from ( و-ت-ر) which means constant and continuous. Hadiths narrated from the infallibles in hadith collections have divided the number of narrators of hadiths in two groups: Mutawatir and Wahid; also each of them has different types.
What are some examples of hadith in Islam?
Examples of this include the existence of London and New York, or the number of Rak’ats in Salah, or the number of Fasts to be observed in Ramadan. The second type of hadith is called Mashhur. This category is similar to Mutawatir in some respects.
Should Mashhur narrations be classified as mutawatir or khabar-al-Wahid?
The only difference of opinion lies in the number of narrators required for a Mutawatir narration and whether a Mashhur narration should be classified in the category of Mutawatir or Khabar-al-Wahid, or whether it should be a separate category. Therefore, we only wish to discuss the third type of hadith, i.e. Khabar-al-Wahid.