Hadith Terminology
What is the Arabic term for a fabricated hadith?
al-Mawdu'
How many Ahadith are narrated in Arba'een An-Nawawi?
42
What is a sanad and what is its significance?
The chain of transmission of a statement of the Prophet ﷺ and its an important tool in preserving the authenticity of ahadith.
To wash ones hands
Finish the hadith:
No one is a true believer until I become...
....more beloved to him than his father, his children, and all people.
A saying or action attributed to a Successor
Al-Hadith al-Maqtu'
What are the five pillars of Islam?
Shahadah
Salah
Zakah
Sawm
Hajj
The sanad and matan
What is the subject matter of usool hadith?
Accepting the view of a Mujtahid in issues of Islamic law, without seeking to know the proof thereof, on the belief that his views are backed by legitimate evidence.
What is taqleed?
What is the hadith about backbiting?
To say something about your brother that he would dislike. If it is true, then that is backbiting, and if it is not true, then it would be considered slander.
A narration that has a single narrator at any point in the isnad
Name three signs of the Day of Judgement.
Any three signs
Critique and validation
What is Jarh wa Ta’dil?
What is the hanafi method of giving one hadith preference over another?
Choosing the one which is most conforming to the Quran
Where was Imam Bukhari born?
Bukhara present-day Uzbekistan
Give the complete definition of Al-Hadith al-Sahih
A narration with a continuous chain of narrators all the way to the Prophet, consisting of upright and accurate narrators that is non-contradictory (not anomalous), and free of defects.
What are the seven beliefs of a Muslim?
(Hint: Iman-e-Mufassal)
Tawheed - Oneness of Allah
Prophets/Messengers
The holy books
The angels
The Last Day
The Fate/Decree
Life after death
List any five genres of hadith literature
Sahifah
Musannaf
Musnad
Jami’
Sunan
Mujam
Mustadrak
Mustakhraj
Juz
Sharh
By laws or derived laws of Islam.
What are juz’iyaat or fari’yaat? (Either is correct)
New, the opposite of something old.
الجديد ضد القديم
What is the linguistic meaning of the word ‘hadith’?
Name any 5 types of weak ahadith
Matruk, Munkar, Shadh, Mu'allal, Mudraj, Maqlub, Mudtarab, Musahhaf, Mu'allaq, Mursal, Mu'dal, Munqati', Mudallas
What are the four factors that lead to the weakening of istiqaamah (steadfastness)?
Committing sins again and again without istighfar.
Shirk
Nifaq (hypocrisy)
Bida’ah (innovations)
What is ilm diraayah ul hadith?
The knowledge of understanding the ahadith, the meanings, morals, guidance and rulings that can be understood from them.
Mazahir e Uloom Saharanpur
The madrassa at which Hazrat Sheikh Zakariyya taught at.
Who saw a dream in which he was standing in front of the Prophet SAW with a fan in his hand? What did this dream mean?
Imam Bukhari. This dream meant that he was blessed with the task of removing doubts and impurity from the sunnah if Nabi ﷺ.