1. Science of Hadith (4)

2. The Five Conditions of a Hadith Saheeh 1- That its isnaad is connected. That every one of its narrators heard it directly from his sheikh/teacher, from the beginning of the sanad till the end. (اتصّال السند) 2- Al’-adaalah: that all of its narrators are trustworthy. They are Muslims, of age – they reached sinn Albolough-,sane, they are not open sinners and not having bad manners and habits. ((العدالة

3. The Five conditions of a Hadith Saheeh- continued 3- All of its narrators a precise in their memorization- Daabit. This quality of hifz comes into two types: - precision in memory: that every narrator has to memorize it correctly and transmit it as he heard it. - precision in his written work: that he correctly writes it down, takes care of it and make sure that it is passed on correctly. 4- Free from Shuthooth: That is not Shaath. Shuthooth happens when a reliable narrator narrates something different from what another more reliable narrator –or a group of narrators have narrated.

4. The Five Conditions of a Hadith Saheeh-continued 5- Free from the hidden defect: It does not contain the I’llah (which affects the authenticity of the hadeeth), while the isnaad appears to be free from it. The Most Authentic Isnaads 1- In Al-Bukharee’s view, the most authentic isnaad is: Malik from Naafie’ from Abdullah ibn Omar (مالك عن نافع عن ابن عمر و هذه تسمى سلسلة الذهب This isnaad is called the chain of gold.

5. The Most Authentic Isnaads- continued In the view of Ishaaq ibn Rahawaih and Ahmed, the most authentic is : Azuhri from Saalim from Abdullah ibn Omar. In the view of Ibn Ma’een, it is : Al-A’mash from Ibraheem An-Nakhaee from A’lqamah from Abdullah ibn Masood (May Allah be pleased with him).

6. The First Books of Sahih. Saheel Albukharee was the first book dedicated for the collection of Al-Hadith Assahih. It was written by Abee Abdillah Mohamed ibn Ismaeel Albukharee who was born in 194 H. He passed away in 256 H in a village beside the city of Bukhara in Uzbekistan nowadays. The second book was written by Albukharee’s student, Al-Imam Abu Al-Hussein Muslim ibn Alhajjaj who was born in 204 H. He passed away in 261 H. May Allah have Mercy on all of them.

7. Books of Sahih-Continued There are some other scholars who tried to collect only hadiths that have the conditions of Al-hadith As- Saheeh. For example: 1- Mohamed ibn Ishaaq ibn khuzaima (p.311 H). His book is called Sahih ibn khuzaima 2- Mohamed ibn Hibaan al-busti (p.354 H). His is called Sahih ibn Hibaan. 3-Mohamed ibn Abdi-Allah Al-Hakim (p.405 H). His book is called Al-Mustadrek.

8. Comparison between Sahih Albukharee and Sahih Muslim. The majority of the scholars prefer Sahih Albukharee over Sahih Muslim, for the following reasons: 1- The conditions of Al-isnaad Al-moa’na’n of Al-Imam Al- Bukharee are better than those of Al-Imam Muslim. The chain of narrators that has the word “from” which means ((عن is called Isnaad Moa’na’n. Albukharee has an extra condition. He does not include a hadith sahih in his book until he is sure that the narrators have met with each other (they lived in the same era and have met with each other), while it is enough for Imam Muslim that they are trustworthy and reliable narrators and have lived in the same era. (same period of time).

9. Comparison -continued 2- Scholars of Hadith, after they studied the book of Al-Bukharee have criticized his book for only 78 hadiths, but when they studied the book of Al-Imam Muslim, they criticized him for 100 hadiths. Al-bukharee was also criticized for using the hadiths of around 80 narrators, but Imam Muslim was criticized for using the narrations of around 160 narrators.

10. Levels of Authenticity 1- The hadith that was agreed upon between Al-Bukharee and Imam Muslim. 2- The one that was collected only by Imam Al-Bukharee. 3- The one that was collected by Imam Muslim 4 – The one that meets the conditions of Al-bukharee and Muslim but was not reported by them. 5- The one that meets the conditions of Al-bukharee but was not reported by him 6- The one that meets the conditions of Imam Muslim, but was not reported by him 7- The one that was authenticated by others, but did not meet the conditions of neither Imam Albukaree nor Imam Muslim.