Complete: Study Of Hadith

All Parts Combined

Ash-Shadh

A hadith that contradicts a stronger narration by a reliable narrator.

Al-Munkar

A hadith narrated by a weak narrator that contradicts a stronger narration.

Al-Mudhtarib

A hadith with conflicting narrations that cause confusion and cannot be reconciled.

Al-Maqlub

A hadith where parts of the hadith (chain or text) are reversed

Al-Mudraj

A hadith where a narrator adds extra words to the hadith text.

Al-Musahhar

A completely fabricated hadith.

Al-Mu’allal

A hadith with a hidden defect in the chain or text

Hadith Mutawatir

A hadith narrated by a large number of people in every level of the chain, making it impossible for them to have agreed on a lie.

Hadith Al-Mash’hur

A hadith that was narrated by three or more narrators in every level of the chain but did not reach the level of Mutawatir.

Hadith Al-Aziz

A hadith narrated by at least two narrators at every level of the chain

Hadith At-Tabi

A hadith that supports another narration by reporting the same meaning or wording but comes through a different chain of narrators.

Hadith Ash-Shahid

A hadith that provides supporting evidence for another hadith by narrating the same meaning but through different words or phrasing

Al-Munqati

A hadith where one or more narrators are missing from the chain (but not consecutively).

Al-Mursal

A hadith where a Tabi’i (Successor) directly attributes it to the Prophet (saw), skipping the Sahabi (Companion)

Al-Muallaq

A hadith where the beginning of the chain is missing, sometimes skipping one or more narrators up to the compiler.

Al-Mu’dhal

A hadith where two or more consecutive narrators are missing from the chain.

Al-Mudallas

A hadith where a narrator hides a defect in the chain by using vague words to imply direct hearing when they didn’t actually hear it.

Al-Mursal al-Khafi

A hadith where a narrator claims to have heard from someone, but in reality, they did not meet that person.

Al - Muttasil

a hadith with a continuous chain of narrators (isnad) without any gaps or missing links. Each narrator heard the hadith directly from the one before them.

Al- Musnad

a hadith that has a fully connected chain of narrators that leads all the way back to the Prophet Muhammad (saw). It is also associated with books that collect these types of narrations.

Al-Mu’an’an

a hadith where the narrators use the term (" ‘an ” meaning "from") in the isnad, as in "So-and-so narrated from so-and-so." But, it is unclear whether they directly heard it from the person mentioned or not.

Al-Muannan

A hadith where the narrators use the term (“ an ” meaning "that"), as in "So-and-so said that the Prophet (saw) said..." Its continuity depends on whether the narrators are known to have met and heard directly.

Al-Mazid fi Muttasil al-Asanid

a hadith where additional narrators or details were inserted into a connected chain of narrators. Scholars investigate whether the addition is authentic or an error by comparing other chains.

Hadith Al-Gharib

A hadith where only one narrator is found at any stage of the chain of transmission, either at the beginning, middle, or end.

Hadith Al-Fard OR Ahad

A hadith that is reported by a single narrator at any stage of its chain and has not reached the level of being widely transmitted.

Key Difference?

• Gharib is often a subset of Fard, emphasizing the singularity of narrators.

• Both focus on a single narrator, but scholars might distinguish based on context or stage of transmission

Gharib means

Strange