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of Imam Muslim was to collect only the top level Hadith (s)
which were readily available to him. Again, many people have
misunderstood this fact thinking that the reason he rejected
the other Ahadith was because they were unsound. This is
not the case.
The Imams that followed him had different plans for choosing
their selections and selected other transmissions from the sound
Prophetic Quotations (Hadith) which had not been included
in Imam Muslim‟s book.
The text (Matn) which was transmitted through one hundred chains
(Sanad), is in Hadith literature treated as one hundred
traditions. For instance, the text of the first Prophet Quotations
(Hadith) in Bukhari (“Deeds are judged by the intention”)
is counted as a selection of 1 out of 700 Hadith as it
which were readily available to him. Again, many people have
misunderstood this fact thinking that the reason he rejected
the other Ahadith was because they were unsound. This is
not the case.
The Imams that followed him had different plans for choosing
their selections and selected other transmissions from the sound
Prophetic Quotations (Hadith) which had not been included
in Imam Muslim‟s book.
The text (Matn) which was transmitted through one hundred chains
(Sanad), is in Hadith literature treated as one hundred
traditions. For instance, the text of the first Prophet Quotations
(Hadith) in Bukhari (“Deeds are judged by the intention”)
is counted as a selection of 1 out of 700 Hadith as it