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Connection and disconnection

Course Description: In this course, students will learn about the importance of one of the conditions for a sound hadith, which is the unbroken chain of narration (isnad). They will also cover the significance of different performance formulas, their impact on this condition, the means and indicators used to establish or deny hearing (sama'), issues related to 'an'anah (a particular type of indirect narration), tadlis (concealing a narrator), terminology used for establishing and denying hearing, and the different gradations of connected and disconnected chains of narration.
Credit hours: 3
Objectives of the course :

Introducing students to the methods and tools used by the Imams of criticism to confirm that a narrator heard from their superior, met them, and heard the specific hadith, and training students on the skills of verifying the connection and disconnection of chains of narration.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1- Defines the terms related to the connection and disconnection of isnads and the differences between them.
2- It describes the means and tools used by the imams of criticism to verify a narrator's hearing from the one from whom he narrated.
3- It mentions books written on the research of the narrator hearing from their superior, and how to benefit from them.
Skills:
He applies the methods and tools used by the imams of criticism to verify that the narrator heard from the person from whom he narrated, with proficiency.
employs the skills of verifying the connection and disconnection of the chain of narration in judging hadiths and addressing discrepancies.
Applies scientific research skills in the study of narrations using advanced technical methods.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
Adheres to professional and academic ethical practices in his/her communication with colleagues and professors.
2- Handles the electronic information network with the ethics of a responsible citizen.
3. Uses university and scientific institution digital library resources with integrity and academic honesty.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
Introduction, mentioning: the connection of the isnad, the scholars' attention to it, and its condition for a hadith to be considered authentic
Performance formulas and their benefits:
A. Explicit communication formats
B - Possible formulations in case of interruption
C. Possible formulations for hearing and not hearing
The difference between the phrasing "from so-and-so" and the phrasing "that so-and-so said.".
The difference between narrating about a person and narrating their story.
Means of proving hearing between one narrator and another:
A- Mention the sheikhs and students in the biographies of the narrators.
B. The narrators' and critics' statements on proving or disproving hearing.
C. Evidence of Hearing or Lack Thereof.
The contemporary's "an'ana" that the one from whom he narrated did not wish to be heard from:
a- Presentation of the doctrines on the issue.
B. The public's evidence for requiring the existence and validity of hearing to prove hearing, and the evidence of their opponents.
Fraud and its Rulings
The Impact of Fabricated Hadith on Narrators and Scholars' Stance Towards It.
B - The difference between misrepresentation and obfuscation.
C. Conditions for a narrator to be accused of tadlis, works on mudallis narrator, and a historical account of them.
Misrepresentation and partial hearing.
The statement of the Mudallis and the ruling on his narration
The Story of the Mudallis in its Possible Form, and the Ruling on Narrating It:
A-The opinions on the ruling of accepting or rejecting his narration.
B. Attaching the not-delegant to the delegator, and its indicators.
Terms in audition and its negation.
Connected attribution and disconnected attribution degrees.
Assign each male and female student to study the chains of narration for connectivity and disconnection.

  • Last updated: 2026-06-07

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