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and from these he selected four thousand chains. He selected four thousand Ahadith
covering the subjects which he included in his book, examples of which include fasting,
prayer, et cetera, leaving many sound Prophetic Quotations (Hadith) out because he had
sufficient material in other sound Hadith (s). His policy was not to gather the Prophetic
Quotations (Hadith) which had been duplicated in other chains of transmission. At the
same time some of the chains, although they were sound, did not meet either his policy or
condition for inclusion in his book.
This is the beauty of the strength that has protected and protects the science of Hadith in
whish are found many levels for the classification of the sound Hadith. Also, the policy
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
covering the subjects which he included in his book, examples of which include fasting,
prayer, et cetera, leaving many sound Prophetic Quotations (Hadith) out because he had
sufficient material in other sound Hadith (s). His policy was not to gather the Prophetic
Quotations (Hadith) which had been duplicated in other chains of transmission. At the
same time some of the chains, although they were sound, did not meet either his policy or
condition for inclusion in his book.
This is the beauty of the strength that has protected and protects the science of Hadith in
whish are found many levels for the classification of the sound Hadith. Also, the policy
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