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8. Whether it was only for popularity.
In addition to these rules, the Masters went to great lengths to ascertain whether the
narrator had only given the meaning of what he had heard or the actual words of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him. Unless the narrator had been proved
to be known for both learning and piety, the deviation was looked upon with suspicion
and the Hadith rejected.
When Mecca peacefully surrendered to Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon
him, he had approximately ten thousand companions. As-Suyuti mentioned in one of his
alphabetically arranged books concerning the biographies of twelve thousand
companions of Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, that when he left this
world, he left behind him approximately one hundred and fourteen thousand companions.
In this science, we are taught that Imam Malik (who taught in the second century, died
179 A.H., 795 Christian Era at the age of 85) taught his book of Hadith “Muwatta” to no
less than one thousand students. Consequently the numbers of the second and third
generations of transmitters increased. At the same time the history of the lives of the
In addition to these rules, the Masters went to great lengths to ascertain whether the
narrator had only given the meaning of what he had heard or the actual words of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him. Unless the narrator had been proved
to be known for both learning and piety, the deviation was looked upon with suspicion
and the Hadith rejected.
When Mecca peacefully surrendered to Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon
him, he had approximately ten thousand companions. As-Suyuti mentioned in one of his
alphabetically arranged books concerning the biographies of twelve thousand
companions of Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, that when he left this
world, he left behind him approximately one hundred and fourteen thousand companions.
In this science, we are taught that Imam Malik (who taught in the second century, died
179 A.H., 795 Christian Era at the age of 85) taught his book of Hadith “Muwatta” to no
less than one thousand students. Consequently the numbers of the second and third
generations of transmitters increased. At the same time the history of the lives of the