The first person known to write a commentary on Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī is ʿAllāmah Khaṭṭābī [319-388 AH] (raḥimahullāh)…
Category: Hadith
The Difference Between ‘al-Ḥadīth al-Gharīb’ & ‘Gharīb al-Ḥadīth’
Al-Ḥadīth Al-Gharīb is that hadith which has been transmitted by a single narrator…
Misconception: The Prevalence of Fabricated Aḥadīth in ʿIrāq
After the era of the Sahabah (raḍi Allāhu ʿanhum), Hijaz became the home of ḥadīth…
Ḥadīth Rejectors: Arguments & Obstacles
Since early Islamic History, there has been groups that have objected the authenticity of Hadith. Imām Shafiʿī…
Imām Tirmidhī’s “Ḥadīth Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ”
Two of the primary terminologies of Hadith are Ṣaḥīḥ and Ḥasan. Although the absence/weakness of only…
Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ: The Criticism of Some of its Narrations
Mishkāt al-Maṣābīh (lit. the niche of lanterns) is a hadith collection originally compiled as Maṣābīḥ as-Sunnah…
Unique Nicknames (Alqāb) of the Narrators of Ḥadīth
Sometimes one encounters anomalous names such as “Ghundar” and “Ābi ‘l-Laḥm” and considering their meanings wonder, what a strange name? In this article, I have selected some of the most common and interesting titles/nicknames (alqāb) of narrators from a few books and briefly explained what they translate to, where they originate from, and what was the reason why narrators were given them. I have listed all nicknames in alphabetical order (Arabic)…
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