Asmaa un Nabiyy صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم
An Appreciation of His Blessed Names and Qualities
Among our masters who wrote about the Asmaa un Nabiy are:
• Shaykhunaa Sayyidina Abdul Qadir al-Jilani Radhi Allahu ‘anhu fi Bashaairul Khayraat and other writing’s,
• Sayyidina Muhammad ibn Sulaiman al Juzuli Radhi Allahu ‘anhu fi Dalaailul Khayraat,
• Shaykh ‘Alim Faqri Radhi Allahu ‘anhu fi Faqri Majmua’ Wadhaaif,
• Sayyidinaa Ash Shaykh Abu Bakr bin Salim Radhi Allahu ‘Anhu fi Salaatul Tajiyya, also known as Darood Taj,
• Imam Sharafuddin Abi Abdillah Muhammad al Busiri al Misri Radhi Allahu ‘anhu most prominently in both Qasidah Burdah Sharif and Qasidah Muhammadiyya, and
• Qadhi Iyad al Yuhsabi in “Ash Shifa”, The Cure.
A Brief Manual of Ĥadīth Principles
by
Imām Sayyid Sharīf Álī al-Jurjānī
Translation and Footnotes
Abu Hasan
"In the Name of Allāh, the Most Beneficent, the Merciful
This is a short and concise epistle on the principles of ĥadīth, which is comprised of an introduction and objectives in four chapters.
INTRODUCTION
Matn: The text of the ĥadīth; the exact wording of the ĥadīth which imparts meaning.
Ĥadīth: means speech in general [i.e. literally], and it is not just the speech of RasūlAllāh or the speech of the companions or their followers and their affirmations.
Sanad: description of the route4 by which the text [matn] is transmitted.
Isnād: recounting the route of the ĥadīth, reaching until the speaker.
Sanad and Isnād are close in meaning; and a ĥadīth is deemed sound/authentic or weak based on these two aspects.."
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Hadith Terms – Adapted from Ibn Mulaqqin’s Tadhkirah
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