Hadith Studies: Introduction

An introduction to the study of hadith.

In this first episode, Mufti Abu Layth goes over what hadith are, how they are categorized, what is the structure of hadith, and what are some guidelines for studying hadith.

Index:

1:00 What is Usool al hadith?
2:44 Why study Usool al hadith?
5:14 What is an Isnad (chain)?
5:35 When did Isnad become important?
6:35 What are the important and popular texts in the science of hadith?
7:17 Who was Abu Muhammad Ramhurmazi?
8:10 Who was Abu Abdullah Hakim Nishapuri?
8:52 Who was Abu Nu`aym al-Isfahani?
9:19 Who was Abu Bakr Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi? What was his book al-Kifaya?
14:40 Who was Qadi Iyad? What was his work al-Ilma` ila Ma`rifa Usul al-Riwaya wa Taqyid al-Sama?
15:23 Who was Abū `Amr Ibn al-Salah? What was his book Muqaddimah ibn al-Ṣalāḥ fī ‘Ulūm al-Ḥadīth (Introduction to the Science of Hadith)? What was his contribution to the study of hadith?
18:27 Who was Ibn Hajar Asqalani? What was his book Nukhbat al-Fikar ?
18:57 What is Ilm Mustalah? The Science of Hadith Chains to determine validity and strength
19:24 What are the benefits of learning Ilm Mustalah?
20:20 What skills can you gain from learning Ilm Mustalah?
20:40 What exactly constitutes a hadith?
21:27 What is Khabar (news)?
21:52 What is Athar (narration)?
22:30 What is the Isnad? What is Sanad?
22:39 What is the matn (text of a hadith)?
22:55 What is Musnad (referral to a person, or hadith book organized by narrator)?
24:35 Who is a Musnid (someone who narraras hadith)?
24:41 Who is a Muhadith (scholar)?
25:13 Who is a Hafiz of hadith?
27:00 How do experts in different fields of Islam see hadith?
29:50 Who is a Hakim of hadith?
31:00 What is a Mutawatir hadith?
31:51 What makes something Mutawatir?
37:00 What is the difference between Mutawatir in wording and Mutawatir in meaning?
38:43 How many Mutawatir hadith are there?
41:21 What is the difference in conclusiveness between Mutawatir hadith and the Quran?
43:33 What are hadith qudsi (divine hadith)?
44:00 Is there a difference between legal rulings taken from the hadith and those taken from the Quran?
45:02 What is the Hanafi perspective on the matter?
47:39 How does Mufti conceptualize Mutawatir hadith?
49:30 Is denying Mutawatir hadith considered grounds for kufir?
50:28 What is Mutawatir by meaning?
51:40 What are Khabar al-ahad hadith?
52:20 What are Mashhur hadith?
52:45 What are Aziz hadith?
53:28 What is the difference between the word Mashhur from the Muhaddithin and layman perspectives?
55:22 What are the Sahihain? What is the understanding of the word in different contexts?
57:38 How can we understanding the hadith that “None believe till I (the Prophet) become more beloved to him then his father, his child, and all people”?
1:03:51 What is a ghareeb hadith?
1:07:20 What are Maqbool (accepted) and Mardood (rejected) hadith?
1:09:08 What is a sahih hadith?
1:09:23 What are the five conditions that make a hadith sahih?
1:11:00 A look at what is halal to eat in the Maliki madhab
1:17:20 A look into the issue of hidden defects regarding hadith
1:29:32 Causes and wisdoms of what makes something haram
1:31:27 A deeper look at sahih hadith and how the different madhabs use them
1:36:35 What is the strongest chain of hadith transmission?
1:38:00 Was Sahih Bukhari or Muwatta of Imam Malik the first collection of sahih hadith?
1:44:53 Did Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim include all the sahih hadith in their books?
1:45:28 How many hadith are in Sahih Bukhari and Muslim?
1:46:17 What are other collections of sahih hadith?
1:46:50 A look at the historical effort to preserve hadith and sunnah
1:51:06 What is the soundness of Sahih Bukhari and Muslim?
1:51:40 What was Imam Bukhari’s condition for a hadith to be sahih?