The Abridged Compendium of Hadith Terminology : A Simplified Bilingual Academic Textbook for Beginners
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- Title
- The Abridged Compendium of Hadith Terminology : A Simplified Bilingual Academic Textbook for Beginners
- Author
- Sheikh Mohamed Essam Al-Azhari
- Publisher
- Independently Published Mai 2026
- Publication year
- 2026
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- Neu
- Binding
- Taschenbuch
- Language
- English
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- 9798199411523
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- Series
- Book 2 of 9: The Abridged Compendium
THE ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF HADITH TERMINOLOGY (Muṣṭalaḥ al-Ḥadīth) A Simple Bilingual Textbook for Beginners — Arabic & English Sheikh Mohamed Essam Al-Azhari
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Ever wondered how scholars know which hadiths are sound, which are weak, and which are fabricated — and how the words of the Prophet ﷺ were preserved across the centuries? This book hands you the keys to that science, clearly and simply.
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WHY THIS BOOK IS SPECIAL
Its content rests on the relied-upon references (muʿtamad) of this science — the established terminology and principles taught for generations to hundreds of thousands of students at the greatest centers of Islamic learning: Al-Azhar, the Umayyad Mosque, Al-Zaytuna, Al-Qayrawan, the ribāṭs of Yemen, and the maḥāḍir of Shinqīṭ. This is time-tested knowledge, not a newly invented, untested text.
It is made for teaching, not just reading — structured to be studied and taught, with a glossary of key terms and comprehension questions after each chapter.
It is written in easy Arabic and easy English, side by side, solving the difficulties beginners face with dense classical texts.
It defines with precision and illustrates with proof: every term is given clear boundaries, then shown at work through real examples drawn from the authoritative hadith collections — so the science never stays abstract.
It is the gateway to the Sunnah: master these foundations and you can open Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Muslim, the Sunan, and the great commentaries, and understand what the scholars mean when they grade a hadith.
And it is part of a complete series covering all the Islamic sciences — not just one or two fields.
All contents accepted by the scholars of Hadith.
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THE THIRTY-ONE CHAPTERS
Introduction to the Science of Hadith · Its Divisions and History · Narration: Its Conditions and Methods · Classification by Number of Narrators · Classification by Attribution to Its Speaker · The Ṣaḥīḥ (Sound) Hadith · The Ḥasan (Good) Hadith · The Ḍaʿīf (Weak) Hadith and Its Types · The Fabricated Hadith · Consideration, Corroborations, and Supporting Evidence · Criticizing and Authenticating Narrators · The Chained Hadith · The Science of Hidden Defects · Rare Words in Hadith · Conflicting and Problematic Hadiths · Abrogating and Abrogated Hadiths · Reasons for a Hadith's Occurrence · Scribal Errors · Knowledge of the Companions · Knowledge of the Successors · Miscellaneous Sciences of Transmission · Names, Kunyahs, and Nicknames · Names Alike in Script, Different in Sound · Identical Names, Different People · Composite Resemblance and Reversed Names · Those Attributed to Other Than Their Fathers · Identifying Unnamed Persons · Dates and Deaths of Narrators · Narrators Who Became Confused in Old Age · Generations, Clients, and Homelands · Titles, Kunyahs, and Other Topics
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Whether you are a student, a teacher, a new Muslim, or simply someone who wants to understand how the Sunnah was authenticated and preserved, this book is a clear, trustworthy first step into the science that guards the words of the Prophet ﷺ.
"The chain is the lineage of the hadith; this science is how you read it. Learn it, and you will never again mistake the sound for the unsound."
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