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veracity, acumen, memory, and intelligence of the reporters was carefully examined.
If any link was found untrustworthy, then the Hadith was rejected, if a link was found to
be missing but the Hadith stood up to the other testes it was described as being weak or
poor. The result of theses laborious and painstaking investigations were that salient
details of the lives of approximately 13,000 companions of the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, and transmitters‟ names were recorded and handed down for posterity.
Alongside the verification of the transmitters, critical tests were applied to examine the
veracity of the Hadith in the light of the Holy Koran and authentic Ahadith, together with
intelligence. Those Ahadith which failed to meet the standard were rejected or put to one
side. Later, these Hadith were recorded separately so that there would be no reason to
doubt which were authentic and which were not. It was indeed a great task, coupled with
religious zeal and fervor together with dedication and piety on the part of the scholars.
Imam Bukhari alone devoted sixteen years of his life to compile his great work.
It was from theses enormous works that Imam Abu Muhammad Hussain Baghawi (died
516 A.H.) selected 4,439 Prophetic Quotations for his book “Masabeeh-ul-Sunnah”. He
If any link was found untrustworthy, then the Hadith was rejected, if a link was found to
be missing but the Hadith stood up to the other testes it was described as being weak or
poor. The result of theses laborious and painstaking investigations were that salient
details of the lives of approximately 13,000 companions of the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, and transmitters‟ names were recorded and handed down for posterity.
Alongside the verification of the transmitters, critical tests were applied to examine the
veracity of the Hadith in the light of the Holy Koran and authentic Ahadith, together with
intelligence. Those Ahadith which failed to meet the standard were rejected or put to one
side. Later, these Hadith were recorded separately so that there would be no reason to
doubt which were authentic and which were not. It was indeed a great task, coupled with
religious zeal and fervor together with dedication and piety on the part of the scholars.
Imam Bukhari alone devoted sixteen years of his life to compile his great work.
It was from theses enormous works that Imam Abu Muhammad Hussain Baghawi (died
516 A.H.) selected 4,439 Prophetic Quotations for his book “Masabeeh-ul-Sunnah”. He