The Science of Life History of Narrators of Prophetic Tradition – An Introductory Study
Abstract
The sayings of the Last Prophet were protected and saved
from deterioration by observing many protective measures
and barriers by scholars of Muslim Ummah. Resultantly, it
originated many disciplines of knowledge that are given the
name of “The sciences of hadith” and are counted upto
ninety-three. One of them is the Science of Biographical
Evaluation of Narrators that gives essential and sufficient
information about the Era, Morality, Memory, Knowledge,
Thoughts and Practices of the persons who narrated the
sayings of the Prophet (S.A.W.) This information enables to
decide about the authenticity, accuracy and genuineness of
a narration. This also assists in determining abrogated and
unabrogated traditions. No doubt, this is a unique
discipline of knowledge and is considered as distinction of
Muslim Ummah. The article provides information about
literal meanings, terminological definitions, its
historical development, its major themes and discussions
and importance and implications.
ڈاکٹرظل ہما. (2018) علم اسماء الرجال ایک اصولی مطالعہ, Epistemology: Journal of Islamic Studies, volume 5, issue 5.
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