Navaid Aziz – Uloom al Hadith: Defining basic hadith terminology

About this lecture

In this concluding session of his Uloom al-Hadith series, Sheikh Navaid Aziz walks through the foundational terminology used in the sciences of Hadith, covering the classification of Hadith by transmission (Mutawatir and Ahad), by origin (Hadith Qudsi vs. Nabawi), and by attribution level (Marfu', Mawquf, and Maqtu'). He also explains the criteria distinguishing Sahih, Hasan, and their sub-categories (li Dhatihi and li Ghayrih), and closes with an illuminating Q&A on the authenticity of Sahih al-Bukhari and the Hadith of holding fast to the Book and Sunnah.