🕌Sciences of Hadith

Abbreviation of Hadith Sciences

اختصار علوم الحديث

Author: أبو الفداء إسماعيل بن عمر بن كثير القرشي البصري ثم الدمشقي (المتوفى: 774هـ) (d. 774)

About this work

هذا الكتاب هو اختصار لكتاب "علوم الحديث" لابن الصلاح، قام به الحافظ ابن كثير، ويُعرف أيضًا باسم "الباعث الحثيث إلى اختصار علوم الحديث". يندرج الكتاب ضمن تصنيف علوم الحديث، ويتناول أنواع الحديث النبوي من حيث القبول والرد، مبتدئًا بالحديث الصحيح ثم الحسن فالضعيف، مع ذكر تعريفاتها وأقسامها وأشهر المصنفات فيها، وذلك بأسلوب موجز.

Translation

This book is an abbreviation of the book “Ulum al-Hadith” by Ibn al-Salah, compiled by al-Hafiz Ibn Katheer, and is also known as “Al-Ba’id al-Hathith ila Akhtar Ulum al-Hadith.” The book falls within the classification of hadith sciences, and deals with the types of prophetic hadith in terms of acceptance and rejection, starting with the authentic hadith, then the good, then the weak, mentioning their definitions, sections, and the most famous works in them, in a brief manner.

Topics covered

The persistent motivation to summarize the sciences of hadith
Note on the name of the book
Mention the types of hadith
The first type
The correct one
Dividing the hadith into its types: sound and weak
Definition of authentic hadith
The first to collect authentic hadiths
The number of hadiths in the two Sahihs
Additions to the two correct ones
Muwatta Malik
Giving the name “Sahih” to Al-Tirmidhi and Al-Nasa’i
Musnad of Imam Ahmad
The five books and others
Comments in the two Sahihs
The second type
Al-Hassan
Al-Tirmidhi’s definition of a good hadith
Other definitions of good
Al-Tirmidhi is a source of good hadith
Abu Dawud is one of the most beautiful hadiths
Book of lamps by Al-Baghawi
The authenticity of the chain of transmission does not necessitate the authenticity of the hadith
Al-Tirmidhi’s saying is good and true
The third type

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