Hadith & Its Sciences – A brief explanation

A brief history of Mustalah al-Hadith As time passed, more reporters were involved in each isnad, and so the situation demanded strict discipline in the acceptance of ahadith; the rules regulating this discipline are known as Mustalah al-Hadith (the Classification of Hadith). Amongst the early traditionists (muhaddithin, scholars of Hadith), the rules and criteria governing [...]