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Musnad Imām Aḥmad
Written by: Rahima Akbari ('Alimah) The Author: Imām Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad The author’s name is Imām Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥanbal...
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May 19, 20257 min read
Ma’rifatu ‘Ulūm Al-Ḥadīth Wa Kammiyyati Ajnāsihi
One of the earliest systematic works authored with the explicit intention of codifying the principles of ḥadīth sciences is Maʿrifat...
Ustadh Mohammed
May 19, 20252 min read
al-Muḥaddith al-Fāṣil bayna al-Rāwī wa al-Wāʿī
Among the earliest known works dedicated specifically to the discipline of ḥadīth nomenclature ( muṣṭalaḥ al-ḥadīth ) is al-Muḥaddith...
Siddiqa Saidzada
May 19, 20252 min read
Muqaddimah Ibn Aṣ-Ṣalāḥ
The renowned work commonly referred to as Muqaddimat Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ is formally titled Maʿrifat Anwāʾ ʿIlm al-Ḥadīth (معرفة أنواع علم...
Siddiqa Saidzada
May 19, 20252 min read
The Mustakhraj of Imām Abū ʿAwānah on the Sahīh of Imām Muslim
Al-Musnad aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥ al-Mukharraj ʿala 'ṣ-Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim is a mustakhraj work based on the Ṣaḥīḥ of Imām Muslim. A mustakhraj work is when an...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Oct 3, 20242 min read
The Ṣaḥīḥ Imām ibn Khuzaymah
The Author: The Imām's full name is Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah an-Naysābūrī. He was born in the month of Ṣafar, in the year...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Oct 3, 20243 min read
The Ṣaḥīh of Imām ibn Ḥibbān
The Author: The author of this work is Abū Ḥātim Muḥammad ibn Ḥibbān (275-354 AH) from Khorasan, an area renowned in Islamic history for...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Oct 3, 20242 min read
At-Taqyīd li Maʿrifat Ruwāt as-Sunan wa ‘l-Masānīd
Title: At-Taqyīd li Maʿrifat Ruwāt as-Sunan wa ‘l-Masānīd Genre: Ḥadīth: ʿIlm ar-Rijāl Editor: Sharīf ibn Ṣāliḥ at-Tashādī Language:...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Aug 1, 20224 min read
The Commentaries of the Six Canonical Books of Ḥadīth
INTRODUCTION Allāh Taʿālā blessed the Muhammadan nation with scholars of ḥadīth who spared no effort in travelling for the noble ḥadīths...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Jul 14, 202230 min read
Arbaʿ Rasāʾil fī ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth
Title: Arbaʿ Rasāʾil fī ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth Genre: Ḥadīth Language: Arabic Publisher: Maktabah Maṭbūʿāt al-Islāmiyyah Muhaqqiq: Shaykh ʿAbd...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Jul 3, 20226 min read
Naṣāʾiḥ Manhajiyyah li Ṭālib ʿIlm as-Sunna an-Nabawiyya
Title: Naṣāʾiḥ Manhajiyyah li Ṭālib ʿIlm as-Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah Genre: Ḥadīth Language: Arabic Publisher: Dār aṣ-Ṣumayʿī (Ed. 2011)...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Jun 8, 20226 min read
Analysis of the Book of Shaykh Khālid ad-Darīs: Al-Ḥadīth al-Ḥasan li Dhātihi wa li Ghayrihi
Overview One of the more perplexing and highly disputed terminologies in the Science of Ḥadīth is undoubtedly the category of ḥasan . It...
Siddiqa Saidzada
May 10, 202217 min read
Mabāḥith fī ʿIlm al-Jarḥ wa ’t-Taʿdīl
Title: Mabāḥith fī ʿIlm al-Jarḥ wa ’t-Taʿdīl Genre: Ḥadīth Language: Arabic Author: Shaykh Qāsim ʿAlī Saʿd Publisher: Dār al-Bashāʾir...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Mar 30, 20225 min read
Difāʿ ʿan as-Sunnah wa Raddi Shubahi ’l-Mustashriqīn
Title: Difāʿ ʿan as-Sunnah wa Raddi Shubahi ’l-Mustashriqīn wa ’l-Kuttābi ’l-Muʿāṣirīn wa Bayāni ’sh-Shbuahi ’l-Wāridati ʿala ’s-Sunnati...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Mar 17, 20225 min read
Miftāḥ al-Janna fi al-Iḥtijāj bi as-Sunna
Title: Miftāḥ al-Jannah fi al-Iḥtijāj bi as-Sunnah Genre: Ḥadīth Language: Arabic Author: Imām Jalāl ad-Dīn as-Suyūṭī Publisher:...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Mar 7, 20224 min read
Imām Nasāʾī and his As-Sunan Aṣ-Ṣughrā
Introduction There are two segments to this article. First, I discuss the biography of Imām Nasāʾī, his teachers, students,...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Mar 4, 202237 min read
Al-Madkhal ilā ʿUlūm al-Ḥadith al-Sharīf
Title: Al-Madkhal ilā ʿUlūm al-Ḥadith al-Sharīf Genre: Ḥadīth Language: Arabic Author: Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAbdul Malik (hafiẓahullah)...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Nov 29, 20216 min read
Hujjiyyatu Afʿāli Rasūlillāh ﷺ
Title: Hujjiyyatu Afʿāli Rasūlillāh ﷺ Genre: Ḥadīth Language: Arabic Author: Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAwwāmah Publisher: Dār al-Yusr + Dār...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Nov 15, 20216 min read
As-Sunnatu ‘n-Nabawiyyah Wa Bayānu Madlūlihā ash-Shar‘ī
Title: As-Sunnatu ‘n-Nabawiyyah Wa Bayānu Madlūlihā ash-Shar‘ī Wa ‘t-Ta’rīfu Bi Hāli Sunan ad-Dār Qutnī Genre: Ḥadīth Language: Arabic...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Oct 14, 20214 min read
As-Sunnatu Qablat Tadwīn
Title: As-Sunnatu Qablat Tadwīn Genre: Ḥadīth Language: Arabic Author: Muḥammad ‘Ajāj Al-Khaṭīb Publisher: Maktabah Wahbah Pages:...
Siddiqa Saidzada
Sep 29, 20214 min read
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