The Narrators Who Were Described as Strange According to Al-Dhahabi and Ibn Hajar in the Books Al-Kashif and Al-Taqreeb - A Comparative Study

Abstract

The science of jarh and ta’dil is one of the most important legal sciences through which the state of the narrator is revealed in terms of acceptance and rejection. The scholars of jarh and ta’dil have words that they apply to the narrator, and these words differ in their meanings from one imam to another imam, and they may describe the narrator with words whose meaning and intent are not clear except after studying them. And comparing it with the rest of the critics’ sayings to clarify what is meant and intended. In this research, I have dealt with the narrators who were described as strange according to Al-Dhahabi and Ibn Hajar in my book Al-Kashif and Al-Taqreeb, a comparative study, and because the science of jarh and modification is one of the branches of the hadith sciences, which this nation has been honored with, it is one of the most accurate. The sciences of the Sunnah and its term are given a certain amount, because through them it is accepted or rejected, and the chain of transmission is mainly composed of men, who narrate the text narrated on the authority of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. This acceptance or response was not without controls and rules. Rather, the masters of this art set conditions, rules, and controls. They followed the conditions and histories of the men. They traveled and endured trouble and hardship in order to preserve the Sunnah of the Prophet, from illusion, error, distortion, and falsification. They knew the news of the men accurately in terms of justice. And control, so they used words appropriate to their situation.