Colleges

Course Topics:
An Introduction to the Science of Hadith Terminology
A- Definition of terminology science, its names, origin, and importance.
B. The stages of its codification, and the most notable works from each stage.
C. Characteristics of each stage, and a statement of the positive aspects or observations within these characteristics.
A detailed study of the strange and the famous, their meanings, and the other descriptions applied to them.
A detailed study of the authentic hadith in terms of:
A. Their definitions among hadith scholars, caveats of each definition, and comparison between them in fulfilling the required conditions of a hadith agreed upon as authentic and one with differing opinions on its authenticity among them.
b- Authentic Hadith outside of Al-Bukhari and Muslim: Their sources and conditions for acceptance (with a special focus on the authentication of Al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Hibban, Al-Hakim, Al-Daraqutni, and Al-Maqdisi).
Causes of variation in correction.
D. Correction in later eras.
The relationship between authenticating Hadith and acting upon it.
A detailed study of the category of *hasan* hadith in terms of:
A- Its definitions and the reservations for each definition and what applies to them, and selecting the appropriate definition.
B - The Hadiths of Al-Hasan before Al-Tirmidhi and their meanings.
C. The levels of "hasan" and their relationship to authenticity, and the interpretation of al-Tirmidhi's statement: "Hasan sahih.".
D. Conditions for a "good" hadith to be elevated to the status of a "sound" hadith.
H - Types of Hasan Hadith.
Weak Hadith
A. Its definition, and a reminder of the exclusions for its correct and good (definitions), because the weak (definition) is limited to them.
B- The weak differs in his weakness.
j- Refuting their claims as the weakest of evidence and explaining the benefit of doing so.
Consideration, follow-ups, and corroborations (explanation of the meaning of these terms and mention of types of follow-up: complete and incomplete, and naming the corroboration as a follow-up).
Increase of Trustworthiness (The meaning of increase of trustworthiness is to state the methodology of the Imams in accepting or rejecting it).
The most important types of weak hadith:
A- The commentator (definition, types of commentary, reasons for commentary).
B. The Narrator (Definition of the narrator, types of narrators, scholars' opinions on the intended meaning of the narrator, the ruling on using the narrator).
C- Al-Munqati' (its definition, mentioning the scholars' opinions on it).
D- Al-Mu'dal (Definition, discussion of applying the term "mu'dal" to what a Tabi' al-Tabi' reported as mawquf on himself).
H - The "Mudallis" (Definition, Types of Tadlis, Ruling on Narrations from Mudallisin).
And the Shadh (Meanings of Shadh according to the Imams of Hadith, and a detailed explanation thereof).
g. The Reprehensible (its definition, how the imams have described it, and the difference between it and the Abnormal).
H - The Explained Reason (Its Definition, The Meaning of "Illah" According to Critics, The Narrations to Which Causality Pertains, Means of Perceiving the "Illah", Applying "Illah" to its Non-Technical Meaning).
The Mudarraj Hadith (Definition, When a Hadith is Judged as Mudarraj, Its Divisions, Explanation of the Cause of Tadlis in the Isnad and Matn).
The interjection (definition, positions of insertion, how it is perceived, ruling of insertion).
K. The Inverted Form (its definition, occurrence in the chain of transmission and the text, reasons for its occurrence, with examples).
Knowing the Companions: (Definition of a Companion, Methods of Proving Companionship, Younger Companions, Transmissions from Companions, Those Whose Companionship is Disputed).
The transliteration:
A - The meaning of the Mushaf and the importance of careful transcription.
B. The occurrence of textual corruption in the chain of narration and the text.
C. Classification of textual corruption based on the cause of its occurrence.