Since centuries, Dars-e-Nizami has been one of the top Islamic curriculums to produce thousands of Islamic scholars…
Misconception: The Prevalence of Fabricated Aḥadīth in ʿIrāq
After the era of the Sahabah (raḍi Allāhu ʿanhum), Hijaz became the home of ḥadīth…
Excerpts From: Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ: The Teacher and His Teaching Methodologies
This book is an excellent book for shuyūkh, asātidhā, muʿallimāt and educators in general, to read…
Ḥadīth Rejectors: Arguments & Obstacles
Since early Islamic History, there has been groups that have objected the authenticity of Hadith. Imām Shafiʿī…
Reason and Revelation [ʿAql & Naql]
Allāh Taʿālā has blessed us with ‘aql above the animals, who merely act according to their desires…
Is “Faḍāʾil Aʿmāl” Authentic?
Imām Bukhārī has authored a book titled ‘Adabu l’Mufrad’ which contains dha’if hadith…
Imām Tirmidhī’s “Ḥadīth Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ”
Two of the primary terminologies of Hadith are Ṣaḥīḥ and Ḥasan. Although the absence/weakness of only…
Book Review: The Error of Equalising Weak Narrations with Fabricated Narrations
Equalising a weak ḥadīth with a fabricated ḥadīth is one of the widespread errors of time…
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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