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universally accepted as sahih.
Hasan is divided in two categories:
been found defective in memory in comparison with narrators of Sahih Hadith
preservation/memory of hadith in comparison to the reporters of Sahih ahadith.
note that not all Ahadith classified as ‘weak’ are rejected. Abu Dawud included da’if
traditions in his Musnad
3. Daif (Weak). is a term used to describe any Hadith whose truthfulness in both text
(matn) and transmission
i. ii. one with an isnad containing a reporter who is "screened", i.e. no prominent person
reported from him .
2. Hasan ( Approved) are Hadiths whose text is absolutely true but the isnad may not
pass the strict test
when he could find no other Hadith to explain questions relating to ‘morals’ or ‘religious’
devotion.
one with an isnad containing a reporter who is known to be truthful and reliable, but is a
degree less in his
uncharacteristic of the Prophet pbuh and does not have any defects. Ahadith reported by
Bukhari and Muslim are
contradict Quran, other authentic hadiths and main principles of Islam. It does not contain
expressions
established by the Hadith compilers e.g. a name in the chain may be missing but there is no
reason to
believe that the Hadith is not authentic. Similarly, a hadith may be called Hasan if one of its
narrators have
(isnad) is not absolutely beyond question; and so, its authenticity is not proven. However, it
is important to
well known for his piety and reliability, but the compiler has no evidence that would question
the narrator’s
transmitter in the chain is a practicing Muslim and has a good character and sound memory.
Matn (text) does not
A Hadith could be weak for many reasons. For example, one of its narrators could be mastur;
i.e he may not be