Science of Hadith 8 Rejection of Ahadeeth due

Science of Hadith (8)

Rejection of Ahadeeth due to Critisim of Narrators. n n n n n A hadith could be rejected because one of the narrators or more are described with one of the following: (1) Lying (2) Being accused of Lying (3) Committing sins openly (Fisq) (4) Innovation (5) The narrator being unknown (6) Poor Memory (7) Contradicting more reliable narrators (8) Being known for making errors and serious mistakes.

Al-hadith Al-Munkar ������ n n n Definition: It is the hadith which was narrated by a weak narrator in contradiction to the narration of more reliable narrator or narrators. Ibn Hajar (May Allah have mercy on him) has a second definition: It is the hadith whose isnaad contains a narrator who has committed serious mistakes, unable to distinguish true from false or he is an open sinner. Status of Al-Munkar: It is very weak ( )ﺿﻌﻴﻒ ﺟﺪﺍ

Al-Hadith Al-Munkar-continued n n First Example: Ibn Abee Hatim from Habeeb from Abee Ishaq from Al-a’izaar ibn Huraith from Ibn Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (pbuh) that he said: “ Whoever established the prayer, offered the due charity, performed Hajj, performed fasting and offered food to his guest will enter paradise”. Ibn Abee Hatim said: this is a hadith munkar, because other reliable transmitters narrated this hadith from Abee Ishaq as a mawqouf hadith.

Al-Hadith Al-Munkar-Continued n n n 2 nd example: Ibn Majah and An-Nasaee narrated from Abee Zukair Yahya ibn Mohamed ibn Qais from Hisham ibn Orwah from his father from Aishah as a Marfou’ hadith: “ Eat Albalah (unripe dates) with dates, because if the son of Adam does so, Shaytan will be angry” Al-Nasaee said: This is a hadith munkar because it came only through Abee Zukair and he is da’eef. They said about him: ( ﺷﻴﺦ ﺻﺎﻟﺢ ﻻ ﻳﺤﺘﻤﻞ ﺗﻔﺮﺩﻩ ﺑﺮﻭﺍﻳﺔ ﺍﻟﺤﺪﻳﺚ

Al-Hadith Al-Matrouk ������� n n n Definition: It is the hadith that is only narrated through someone accused of being a liar, and this hadith is only known through him. Usually, a hadith is Matrouk if it contradicts well established principles in our deen and was narrated through someone accused of being a liar. A hadith is Matrouk if the narrator is known to be a liar in his everyday speech, even if he is not known for lying when narrating the hadith.

Al-Hadith Al-Mawdoo’ ������� n n The word Mawdoo’ comes the verb “Wada’. ” ﻭﺿﻊ which means to put , place or set down. Definition: It is a fabricated, invented statement and attributed to the Prophet (pbuh). Status: It is the worst and the most evil of all weak ahadeeth. Some scholars place it in a class of its own, not holding it to be a type of weak ahadeeth. The Ruling regarding its narration: Scholars are in agreement that it is not permissible to narrate it except to explain that it is fabricated.

How is it detected? n n n It is detected by various means, among them are: (1) The fabricators admitting it later on. (2) Some indication in the matn: Very weak language or contains something that is contradicting to a clear text from the Quran. (3) Outward Indication: the narrator is an innovator and the narration supports his innovation. (4) Huge reward for little deeds and a severe punishment for a minor sin.

Reasons of Fabrication n (1) Hoping for reward by forging ahadeeth to warn people against evil actions and encourage them to do good deeds. Ex: Abou Ismah Nouh ibn Abee Maryam made up ahadeeth about the virtues of every single surah with a good isnaad : Ikrimah from Ibn Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him). He is also called Nouh Aljami’. Ibn Hibban said about him: He collected every thing except honesty.

Reasons for Fabrication- Cont (2) To support their own madhab. “ A man will appear in my Ummah, he is worse than Ibless and his name is Mohamed ibn Idress” n (3) To attack Islam, done by those who could not attack the religion from outside. Abdelkarim ibn Abee Alarjaa’ said” By Allah, I fabricated 4000 hadiths”. He said so before he was excuted. n (4) To seek the pleasure of the rulers. n (5) Seeking money and dunia n (6) Seeking fame, by narrating ahadeeth not reported by anyone else. n

Continued n Example: “ Whoever said There is no God but Allah, Allah will create for him, for every word a bird whose beck is from gold and his feathers from diamond” One the fabricators from Yahya ibn Ma’een and Ahmed Ibn Hanbal from Abdelrazzaq from Ma’mar from Qatadah.