Min al Nabi

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Critical Authority accompanying the Development of Narration   By critical authority, I mean that the movement of narration was under a permanent scholarly critical authority, which is the authority represented by some of the senior critical scholars who monitor the course of narration and criticise them. In some cases, they even warn the narrators and alert them about mistakes if they were […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Chapter 2 From the Companions to the Tabi’in   In this chapter, I will explore the spread of Hadith in Islamic cities. I will specifically study three of them, namely Madinah, Kufah, and Basrah, due to the strength of the successive narrative activity in them, leading up to the six books. Then I will explore the natural aspects of the transmission of Hadith […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   2. Kufah’s School of Hadith Muslims established the city of Kufah in the year 17 AH.[1] A large number of distinguished Companions radiya Llahu ‘anhum settled there. Ibrahim al Nakha’i said:   هبط الكوفة ثلاثمئة من أصحاب الشجرة وسبعون من أهل بدر Three-hundred Companions who participated in the Pledge under the Tree and seventy who participated in the Battle of Badr settled in […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   3. Basrah’s School of Hadith[1]   The history of Basrah dates back to the year 14 AH,[2] when Khalifah ‘Umar ibn al Khattab radiya Llahu ‘anhu directed ‘Utbah ibn Ghazwan radiya Llahu ‘anhu and those with him, who were about three hundred and fifteen, towards it. A group of Bedouin joined them. Thus, they numbered five hundred.[3] Then the city developed and flourished […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Manifestations of naturalism in Hadith transmission from the Companions radiya Llahu ‘anhum to the Tabi’in   After the previous review of the emergence of Hadith schools and their concentration in three major cities where there were abundant ahadith and which became a destination for scholars and Muhaddithin, we find that spontaneous fluidity is a clear feature in them. The naturalism becomes evident in […]