How is the reliability of a hadith narrator established? What distinguishes an ‘authentic’ tradition from a ‘weak’ tradition? How authentic are our hadi

Sitting symbolically halfway between the coast of the Red Sea and the highlands of southwestern Saudi Arabia lies the Village of Rijal. Anthropologist Thierry M

The sciences of narrators and narrations (rijal and dirayah) are among the most fundamental fields of study that a mujtahid must master as part of his expertise

Rijal is a biography of the narrators of the Muwatta of Imam Muhammad, most particularly their standing as scholars of hadith. Since the majority of narrators h