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1. It must have been clearly mentioned that such and such a thing was said or done
by the Holy Prophet, praise and peace be upon him.

2. The narrator stated that he was present or had heard the Hadith uttered by the
Holy Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, or in the case of his being removed
by distance of time and place, he had given a complete chain of narrators from the
last link up to the Holy Prophet himself, praise and peace be upon him.


3. A Hadith leveling an accusation against a companion of the Holy Prophet, praise
and peace be upon him, or Ahl-i-Bait (a member of the Prophet‟s household) was
rejected.

4. A Hadith having a non-Arabic style and inferior sense of words was rejected.

5. It must have been proved that he actually met each one of the chain of narrators
from which he derived his information.

6. Proof that each of the narrators had received the Prophetic Quotation when they