Before elaborating on these principles, we will first have a look at the grounds on the basis of which a Hadīth is accepted or rejected. It is the chain of narration of a narrative which makes it a Hadīth that can be attributed to the Prophet (sws). In addition to any hidden flaws in the chain of narration of a Hadīth, the trustworthiness of the narrators , their memory and the contemporaneous of the narrators are the three standards which should be kept in consideration in the light of the material which the scholars of Hadīth have painstakingly made available. This is the standard which scholars of Hadīth have put forth for the examination of the chain of narration of a Hadīth, and is so sound that no addition can be made to it nor anything taken away from it.

Since attributing something suspect to the Prophet (sws) can be of severe consequences in this world and in that to come, it is necessary to apply this standard without any lenience and with absolute impartiality to every narrative attributed to him. Only those narratives should be considered acceptable which fully conform to this standard. Thus no narrative attributed to the Prophet (sws) even if found in primary works as the al-Jāmi al-Sahīh of Imām Bukhārī, al-Jāmi al-Sahīh of Imām Muslim and the Mu’attā of Imām Mālik can be accepted without application of this standard.

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Comments/Notes

. The soundness of character of the Companions of the Prophet (sws), however is an exception and does not need the conformation of any standard. The Almighty Himself has borne witness to it in His Book. See: The Qur’an, 3:110.

Source:

• "Meezan" (Urdu - Published 2009, Lahore; ISBN 48593948) Author: Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

حوالہ جات

حواشی

43 ؂ صحابۂ کرام کی عدالت ،البتہ اِس سے مستثنیٰ ہے ،اِس لیے کہ اُس کی گواہی خود اللہ تعالیٰ نے اپنی کتاب میں دی ہے۔ ملاحظہ ہو: آل عمران 110:3۔

ماخذ

• "Meezan" (Urdu - Published 2009, Lahore; ISBN 48593948) Author: Javed Ahmad Ghamidi