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Hadith terminology

Course Description: The student will be introduced to the science of Hadith terminology, the classifications of Hadith based on various considerations, the levels of criticism and commendation, and the most important books written in the different branches of Hadith.
Credits: 2
Objectives of the course :

1- Identifying the most important principles of hadith terminology.
2. Identify hadith terminology. .
3. Identifying the types of Hadith based on different considerations.
4- Comparing the division of Hadith based on different considerations. .
5- Distinguishing between the ranks of Jarh (criticism) and Ta'deel (validation).
6- Differentiating between types of Hadith
7- Identification of the Different Types of Hadith and the Most Important Books Authored on the Subject.
8. Identifying abrogating and abrogated hadith and the most important books written on the subject. .

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1- Identify the most important principles of the science of Hadith terminology.
2- Identifying the sections of hadith from different perspectives.
3. Identifying the different types of hadith and the most important books written about them.
Skills:
1- Comparing the different aspects of hadith. .
Distinguishing between types of hadith.
3. Distinguishing between the levels of Jarh (criticism) and Ta'deel (authentication).
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
1. The student will practice executing an individual or group assignment.
2- The student masters positive engagement with those who hold differing views and takes responsibility.
3. The student should practice honesty in presenting and critiquing the statements of others.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
Standard 1: The most important principles of Hadith terminology:
The meaning of the science of Hadith terminology.
The Importance of Terminology and the Fruits of Learning It.
The stages this science has gone through in general.
The most famous works in terminology.
Standard Two: Divisions of Hadith based on various considerations, and the rulings related to them:
Sections of Hadith based on the number of its narrators: (Mutawatir, Ahad).
What is meant by mutawatir hadith, its divisions, the most important works on it, and the fruits of its mutawatir status
What is meant by a Hadith of Ahad, and its types with examples.
Divisions of Hadith Based on Who Attributed It to Its Speaker: (Qudsi, Marfu', Mawquf, Maqtu') and the Meaning of Each with Examples.
Sections of Hadith based on acceptance and rejection (Sahih, Hasan, Da'if).
The Authentic Hadith: Its Meaning, Conditions, and Divisions, and the Fruits Resulting from its Authenticity.
Hasan Hadith: Its meaning, conditions, and divisions
Meaning of a weak hadith, the ruling on narrating it, and acting upon it.
Classification of weak hadith in terms of broken chain of narration: (Mu'allaq, Munqati', Mu'dal, Mudallas, Mursal, Mursal Khafi) and their intended meanings, with examples.
Division of a Weak Hadith based on Attacks on the Narrator: (The Rejected, The Abandoned, The Unknown, The Shaky, The Interpolated, The Inverted, The Corrupted) and the meaning of each, with examples.
Division of Hadith Based on Agreement or Disagreement with Others: (Mutaaba'aat, Shawaahid, shaadh, Mu'allal, Ziyaadat al-thiqa, munkar) and the definition of each, with examples.
1. Levels of Jarh and Ta'deel.
Contradiction of Jarh and Ta'deel, with examples.
The meaning of Mukhtalif al-Hadith, and the most important books authored in it.
The meaning of the science of abrogation and abrogated texts in hadith, and the most important books written on it.
Applying what the student has studied in terminology to the study of the hadith the student covers in the course.

  • Last updated: 2026-06-03

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