Hadith
Narrations of the Prophet ﷺ — collected, explained, contextualised.
Notes drawn from the canonical hadith collections — Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, al-Nasā'ī, and Ibn Mājah, the Muwaṭṭaʾ, the Mishkāt — with short commentary and lessons drawn from each tradition.
The science of how hadith are weighed and graded — the chains of narration, the conditions of soundness, the technical terminology of the muṣṭalaḥ tradition — lives in Usul al-Hadith.
Classical texts
2 series
Imam al-Nawawi's collection of forty-two foundational hadith, traditionally studied as a survey of the religion.
5 lessonsOpen seriesThe most rigorously authenticated collection of hadith in the Sunni tradition.
7 lessonsOpen series
Articles & biographies
In our journey of studying sacred knowledge, we often ask: Is it better to read to a shaykh or to …
ReadArticle2 May 2025In the isnad of ahadith, we often see narrators say “حدّثنا” or “أخبرنا” when reporting what they heard from their teachers. But is there …
ReadArticle2 May 2025Is it permissible to write and collect ahadith Verily the ahadith enables the pious to beautify their actions through it. And it is …
ReadArticle26 February 2021These are the six universally accepted books of hadith[1]. They are the saheeh of Imam Bukhari, the saheeh of Imam Muslim, the sunan of Imam Nasaai, the sunan of …
ReadArticle26 February 2021There are many different hadith genres[1]. Some of the more commonly known genres are listed below. Saheeh (pl. Sihāh) A saheeh is …
ReadArticle31 March 2019The Bayquniyyah poem is a primer on the science of Mustalah al-hadith, essential for students of knowledge. Bayquniyyah Poem with …
ReadArticle24 March 2019Definition of hadith The definition as preferred by the fuqaha is that which is attributed to the Prophet ﷺ whether …
ReadArticle28 January 2019Introduction: In the realm of hadith scholarship, the terms “متفق عليه” and “رواه البخاري ومسلم” are often used interchangeably, denoting …
ReadArticle13 January 2019