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3 Towards the Understanding of Hadith Terminology
We would like to begin this book by giving you examples of the authenticity of Prophetic
Quotations (Hadith).
It should be clearly noted that the number of Hadith is counted on the basis of the chain
of transmissions and not on the basis of the text. It is essential to make this point clear
right at the beginning as there is considerable ignorance concerning this fact which has
given rise to serious misgivings under which so many orientalists and westernized
Muslims labor.
When we say that Imam Muslim, may Allah have mercy upon him, collected three
hundred thousand Prophetic Quotations (Hadith) and included only four thousand in his
compilation, this does not mean that he rejected the rest of the Prophetic Quotations
(Hadith) deeming them to be unreliable. What it means is that the words and deeds of the
Holy Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, were transmitted to Imam
Muslim through numerous chains of transmissions that ran into hundreds of thousands
We would like to begin this book by giving you examples of the authenticity of Prophetic
Quotations (Hadith).
It should be clearly noted that the number of Hadith is counted on the basis of the chain
of transmissions and not on the basis of the text. It is essential to make this point clear
right at the beginning as there is considerable ignorance concerning this fact which has
given rise to serious misgivings under which so many orientalists and westernized
Muslims labor.
When we say that Imam Muslim, may Allah have mercy upon him, collected three
hundred thousand Prophetic Quotations (Hadith) and included only four thousand in his
compilation, this does not mean that he rejected the rest of the Prophetic Quotations
(Hadith) deeming them to be unreliable. What it means is that the words and deeds of the
Holy Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, were transmitted to Imam
Muslim through numerous chains of transmissions that ran into hundreds of thousands