Ilm al-rijal
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Ilm al-rijal is the Islamic scholarly discipline that critically evaluates the reliability and biographies of hadith transmitters to determine the authenticity of prophetic traditions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic scholarly discipline
ⓘ
biographical evaluation discipline ⓘ hadith science ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
determine authenticity of hadith chains
ⓘ
evaluate reliability of hadith transmitters ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Shia hadith tradition
ⓘ
Sunni hadith tradition ⓘ |
| classifies |
narrators as rejected
ⓘ
narrators as trustworthy ⓘ narrators as unknown ⓘ narrators as weak ⓘ |
| developedIn | early Islamic centuries ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | matn criticism ⓘ |
| evaluates |
accuracy of narrators
ⓘ
meeting and transmission links between narrators ⓘ memory of narrators ⓘ moral uprightness of narrators ⓘ sectarian affiliations of narrators ⓘ trustworthiness of narrators ⓘ |
| goal |
filter fabricated reports
ⓘ
preserve authenticity of prophetic traditions ⓘ |
| hasArabicName | علم الرجال ⓘ |
| hasLiteralMeaning | science of men ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
analysis of isnad continuity
ⓘ
assessment of narrator contemporaneity ⓘ comparison of multiple transmission routes ⓘ |
| importantFor |
grading hadith as daif
ⓘ
grading hadith as hasan ⓘ grading hadith as mawdu ⓘ grading hadith as sahih ⓘ |
| influences |
Islamic creed formulations
ⓘ
Islamic legal rulings ⓘ historical reconstruction of early Islam ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Arabic ⓘ |
| partOf | ulum al-hadith ⓘ |
| relatedTo | mustalah al-hadith ⓘ |
| reliesOn |
biographical dictionaries
ⓘ
historical reports ⓘ scholarly judgments of earlier critics ⓘ |
| studies |
biographies of narrators
ⓘ
hadith transmitters ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Islamic theology NERFINISHED ⓘ hadith authentication ⓘ isnad criticism ⓘ |
| usesConcept | jarh wa taadil ⓘ |
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