Shaykh Hammaad al-Ansaaree, in just a few words, on the true difficulty of the science of hadeeth.
Tag: hadeeth
Divide the night into three parts
‘Amru ibn Deenaar used to divide the night into three parts: • a third [in which] he would sleep; • a third [in which] he would study hadeeth; • and a third [in which] he would do salaah [pray].
The good of hadeeth
On the authority of Yahyaa ibn Abi Bukayr رحمه الله, who said it was said to Sufyaan ath-Thowree رحمه الله: ‘Until when will you [continue to] seek [knowledge of] hadeeth?’ He said
This hadeeth is weak
Shaykh Hammaad al-Ansaaree warns against declaring a hadeeth weak without the deep expertise the ruling actually requires.
I have never revised a hadeeth
I have never revised a hadeeth, and nor have I ever had any doubt in [the memorisation of] a hadeeth, except one hadeeth; and when I questioned my colleague about it, [I found] it was [exactly] as I…
Tayseer Mustalah al-Hadeeth | تيسير مصطلح الحديث
Notes on the science of hadeeth extracted from ‘Tayseer Mustalah al-Hadeeth’ – تيسير مصطلح الحديث – Dr. Mahmood at-Tahhaan
Signs of the people of innovation are clear and obvious
The signs of the people of innovation are clear and obvious. The most apparent of their signs is their severe enmity for those who carry the [authentic] reports of the Prophet.
Whoever belittles the Ahlul-Hadeeth
And we are not focusing on mentioning the virtues of the Ahlul-Hadeeth, for indeed their virtues are well known and their merits are many. So whoever belittles them, then he is despicable and lowly.
Accuracy in memorisation
A student confidently quoted a hadeeth from Buloogh al-Maraam — only to be firmly corrected by the Shaykh, who knew the book by heart.
I know more
For 20 years I have not heard from any man who narrates hadeeth except that I know more about it than him.