Living Sources 2 - Lesson 2

Which of these terms refers to any single narrator in a chain of narrators?

• Rawi

• Sanad

• Isnad

• Athar

The actual content of a Hadith is called:

• Mutton

• Matan

• Khabar

• Mutu

[It was narrated to us on the authority of ‘Ubaidullah bin Musa  who told us, Hanzalah bin Abi Sufyan from ‘Ikrimah bin Khalid from Ibnu ‘Umar who said:]

The text in the [] is called a:

• Musnad

• Athar

• Sanad

• Isnad

Hadith - with regards to authenticity is generally classified into:

• Shahih, Hasan and Maudhu'

• Shahih, Hasan and Munqati'

• Shahih, Hasan Shahih and Hasan

• Shahih, Hasan and Dha'if

A Hadith with the grading of Hasan li ghayrihi, is one that _____

• Is originally weak but have other supporting narrations and isnad that elevated its status.

• Is originally part of a group of weak hadith which all became hasan as they support one another.

• Is originally Hasan, due to meeting the requirements needed to be graded as such.

• Is originally Shahih, but other scholars of Hadith lowered its status due to conflicting issues within the Hadith.

One of the main requiremens with regards to the sanad to ensure that a Hadith is authentic is:

• Every one of the Rawi in the chain must be a good writer.

• The top of the chain of narrators must be a Tabi'in such as Uwais Al-Qarni.

• Every adjacent narrators in chain must be able to have met each other.

• Every adjacent narrators in the chain must be living in the same era.

Which of these is not part of the 6 Major collections of Hadith?

• Shahih Bukhari

• Sunan Al-Nasai

• Jami' Al-Tirmidzi

• Musnad Imam Ahmad

What is 'Ilm Rijal?

• Ilm Rijal is the study of Islamic law.
• Ilm Rijal is the science of studying the narrators of Hadith.
• Ilm Rijal refers to the history of Islamic architecture.
• Ilm Rijal is the analysis of Quranic verses.

When a Hadith is narrated by a weak narrator which contradicts more reliable narrators, it is called:

• Munkar

• Shadz

• Mu'dal

• Maudhu'

A Hadith where the meanings within are sourced from Allah SWT with it being expressed by the Prophet's own words, it is called a Hadith ____

• Wallahi

• Ilahi

• Quraniy

• Qudsi