Da'if

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Science of hadith

Terminology

Isnad — chain of narrators
Matn — actual content

technical terms

Musnad — supported
Mursal — hurried
Ahaad — single narrator
Munqati — broken
muttasil — uninterrupted isnad
Gharib — strange/rare
Shadhdh — irregular
Munkar — denounced/rejected
Mudraj — interpolated

Regarding authenticity

Mutawatir — agreed upon

Sahih — authentic
Hasan — fair
Da'if — weak

Mawdo — fabricated

Mudtarib — shaky

Other

Sharh — comments
Hadith collection

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In Islamic context, Da'if is a the categorization of a hadith's authenticity as "weak". Other categorizations include sound (as in, a sound proposal), good and fabricated.

External links

[The Classification Of Hadith: According To The Reliability And Memory Of Reporters]

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Part of the series on Science of hadith
Terminology
Isnad — chain of narrators Matn — actual content
technical terms
Musnad — supported Mursal — hurried Ahaad — single narrator Munqati — broken muttasil — uninterrupted isnad Gharib — strange/rare Shadhdh — irregular Munkar — denounced/rejected Mudraj — interpolated
Regarding authenticity
Mutawatir — agreed upon Sahih — authentic Hasan — fair Da'if — weak Mawdo — fabricated Mudtarib — shaky
Other
Sharh — comments Hadith collection [ v]·[ d]·[ e]