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Course Description: Introducing the student to the books of hadith, the efforts of hadith scholars, and developing the student's skills in researching and investigating hadith books.

Credit hours: 3

Objectives of the course :

A thorough understanding of the methodologies employed by the modern hadith scholars in codifying the Sunnah.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1- To clarify the efforts of scholars in caring for hadith books.
2. To mention the methodologies that the Hadith scholars adopted in their recording of the Prophetic Sunnah.
Skills:
1- To classify the types of rejected hadith and distinguish each type of rejected hadith.
2- To differentiate between the conditions for accepting and rejecting a hadith.
3. To compare the types of returned transmissions due to a narrator being questioned (Mursal, Munkar, contradicting reliable narrators, interpolated, etc.). .
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
To take responsibility in individual and group work.
2. To embody good morals, self-confidence, and understanding of others, and to commit to the values of loyalty and belonging to the nation and its leadership.

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Course Topics:
Introduction to the Sciences of Hadith and Their Types, with Examples for Each Type.
Definition of the Sunnah and its authoritative status, doubts and refutations concerning the Prophetic Sunnah.
Imam Malik ibn Anas and his methodology in Al-Muwatta. .
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and his methodology in Al-Musnad. .
Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari and his methodology in al-Sahih.
Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj and his methodology in Sahih. .
Imam Abu Dawud and His Methodology in As-Sunan.
Imam Al-Nasa'i and His Approach in Al-Sunan.
Imam Ibn Majah and His Methodology in His Sunan. .
Imam Ibn Khuzaymah and his methodology in his Sahih.
Imam Ibn Hibban and his methodology in his Sahih.
Imam Al-Hakim Al-Nishapuri.

Last updated: 2026-06-02