Glossary
Technical terms and concepts in Hadith sciences
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A comprehensive glossary with detailed explanations and examples is under development. The terms shown below are basic placeholders.
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Isnad
الإسناد
The chain of narrators who transmitted a hadith
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Matn
المتن
The actual text/content of the hadith
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Sahih
صحيح
Authentic - a hadith with a sound chain
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Hasan
حسن
Good - a hadith with acceptable chain
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Daif
ضعيف
Weak - a hadith with deficiencies in the chain
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Jarh wa Tadil
الجرح والتعديل
The science of evaluating narrator reliability
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Thiqah
ثقة
Trustworthy narrator
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Mursal
مرسل
A hadith where a successor omits the companion
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Mawquf
موقوف
A narration stopped at a companion
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Marfu
مرفوع
A narration attributed to the Prophet
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Mutawatir
متواتر
Mass-transmitted hadith
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Khabar Ahad
خبر الآحاد
Solitary report (not mass-transmitted)