Min al Nabi

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Foreword   This book presents the development of the transmission of the prophetic Hadith over the course of the first three centuries; from the era of the Companions reception of the Hadith of the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam until the era of its compilation in the well-known Hadith books in the third century after Hijrah. The book represents the last era […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter 1 From the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam to the Companions   In this chapter, I will present several discussions. In the first discussion, I will mention the nature of the Companions’ radiya Llahu ‘anhum reception of Hadith from the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, intending to highlight that naturalness, informality, and fluidity in narration were the clearest aspects of […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Who is a Sahabi and why do some of them narrate frequently while others do not? In this discussion, I will present the definition of a Sahabi and explain the reasons for some of them narrating frequently while others did not, and the natural manifestations in narrating frequently and occasionally.   1. Who is a Sahabi? Scholars have differed in defining a Sahabi. […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Why do we trust a Sahabi’s narration?   The Companions radiya Llahu ‘anhum were in great numbers. Amongst them were the seniors, the ten promised Jannat, and those who met the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam only once or saw him from far. So how do we trust their narrations? How do we know that they were truthful in what they narrated […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Natural aspects of narration in the era of the Companions radiya Llahu ‘anhum after the demise of the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam   In this discussion, I will establish that the naturalism of narration was clearly manifest in several aspects during the era of the Companions radiya Llahu ‘anhum—other than what was mentioned previously—and that if the narration had been fundamentally […]