A Commentary On The Poem Al-Bayquniyyah

Pages: 184

Cover Type: Paperback

Author: Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Salih Al-'Uthaymin

Publisher: Dar Al-Arqam Publishing

The importance of this subject: The knowledge of usul al-hadith is a science that serves the radiant Prophetic traditions; with it one can distinguish the Prophetic narrations in terms of authenticity and fabrication, soundness and weakness.

Al-Imam ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak said, “The quality of the hadith is not in the conciseness of the isnad, rather its quality lies in the soundness of its narrators."

Al-Imam Yahya ibn Said al-Qattan said, “Do not look at the hadith but rather look at its chain. If the chain is sound then the narration is sound]. If not, then do not be deceived by the narration with a chain that is not sound."

Al-Hafiz ibn Qutaybah al-Dinoorii said, “There is no nation amongst the nations with the isnad like their chains (i.e. this nation); narrator from narrator, the trustworthy from the trustworthy in such a way until it reaches the Prophet and his Companions, so that the sound can be differentiated from the weak, the connected from the disconnected and the fabricated from the genuine."