Glossary
Every term ConveyVerse has explained, one line each, quoted from its own article.
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- 'adl “An upright transmitter ('adl): is this person's integrity established?” From: How do scholars determine whether a hadith is authentic?
- ahad “in technical usage: what does not gather the conditions of tawatur” From: How do scholars determine whether a hadith is authentic?
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- isnad “As for the isnad, it is tracing the report up to the one who said it.” From: What is the difference between isnad and matn?
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- matn “As for the matn, in the usage of the hadith scholars it is the speech at which the chain's end arrives.” From: What is the difference between isnad and matn?
- mu'allal “The defective hadith, then, is one in which a defect damaging to its authenticity has been detected, although outwardly it appears free of it.” From: How do scholars determine whether a hadith is authentic?
- muttasil al-sanad “A connected chain (muttasil al-sanad): is every link present, with no gap?” From: How do scholars determine whether a hadith is authentic?
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- sahih “As for the authentic hadith: it is the transmitted report whose chain connects, by the transmission of one upright and accurate from one upright and accurate, to its end point, and which is neither anomalous nor carries a hidden defect.” From: How do scholars determine whether a hadith is authentic?
- sanad “The hadith scholars use sanad and isnad for one and the same thing.” From: What is the difference between isnad and matn?
- shadhdh “The anomalous in hadith is not that a reliable transmitter reports what others do not report. The anomalous is that a reliable transmitter reports a hadith that contradicts what the people transmitted.” From: How do scholars determine whether a hadith is authentic?
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- tamm al-dabt “Complete accuracy (tamm al-dabt): did he transmit precisely?” From: How do scholars determine whether a hadith is authentic?