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		<title>Rejecting a7adith due to the narrators.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A7adith could be rejected due to defects within the narrators.  The last three ranks of narrators as termed by Ibn 7ajar – those who narrate the munkar, batil, and mawdoo3 a7adith – could not have their narrations fortified by other ones.  That means that these a7adith can’t support other a7adith to become 7asan li ghairihi. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=subtropic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3553121&amp;post=320&amp;subd=subtropic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani&#8217;s grading of 7adith narrators.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The narrators of a7adith were broken up into different grades or levels based on whether or not a7adith could be accepted from them.  This number was initially four and then six; Ibn 7ajar al-3as9alani placed the narrators into twelve ranks. Sa7aba.  The first generation of Muslims did not need testimony to their knowledge or character [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=subtropic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3553121&amp;post=318&amp;subd=subtropic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The nature of narrators</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not just anybody was considered a sound narrator of a7adith.  Both the soundness of his mind and the soundness of his character came into question.  In the second century on the Hijri calendar, Ibnul Mubarak phrased a sound narrator as a person who prays in congregation, does not drink, is not known to lie and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=subtropic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3553121&amp;post=316&amp;subd=subtropic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing a7adith</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a7adith were collected, there were a number of ways to verify them.  Many of the sa7aba (may Allah be pleased with them all) would not accept a 7adith as truly being from the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) unless it could be corroborated by more than one witness.  They would also ask each [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=subtropic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3553121&amp;post=314&amp;subd=subtropic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The method in which a 7adith a7ad was narrated</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 7adith mu3an3an is a 7adith in which is transmitted through the chain of narration using the term 3an, which does not actually specify how the 7adith was transmitted. A 7adith musalsal, on the other hand, is specified in its method of transmittance.  This means they transmitted in the same manner.  For example, if one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=subtropic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3553121&amp;post=302&amp;subd=subtropic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The soundness of chains for a7adith a7ada</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a handful of terms which we use to refer to a7adith a7ada on the basis of whether their chains are broken or not.  The foremost of these terms is “muttasil” or “connected,” with which we refer to a7adith whose chains are unbroken from beginning to end. A 7adith mu3alla9 is a 7adith in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=subtropic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3553121&amp;post=300&amp;subd=subtropic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The starting point for a7adith a7ada</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a few terms to refer to the categories of a7adith which are a7ad based on their origin.  The first two are “marfu3” and “musnad.” “Marfu3” or “raised” refers to any 7adith which is traced all the way back to the Prophet himself, peace be upon him.  This does not comment on the soundness [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=subtropic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3553121&amp;post=298&amp;subd=subtropic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Number of narrators of a7aadeeth a7ada</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The a7adith which are “a7ad” are often referred to as being a7adith whose narrators are few.  This is not 100% accurate, however, as there a bit more that goes into a 7adith being judged mutawatir or a7ad.  The a7ad a7adith themselves are divided in a few ways. “Mash-hoor,” which can be translated as “famous.”  It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=subtropic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3553121&amp;post=296&amp;subd=subtropic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Narrations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 19:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In some a7aadeeth, the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings upon him, explains something or states something to a member of the first generation of Muslims.  There are also some a7aadeeth in which the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings upon him, directly quotes Allah the Most High.  This would be a 7adeeth qudsiyy, or a holy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=subtropic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3553121&amp;post=292&amp;subd=subtropic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Number of Separate Chains of Narration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 19:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One 7adeeth, as we understand it today, may have multiple chains of narration.  What this means is that while a 7adeeth originates from the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings upon him, there may be multiple separate sources of citation in later generations leading back to this same 7adeeth.  This occurs for a number of reasons. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=subtropic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3553121&amp;post=290&amp;subd=subtropic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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