3 results for “tadil”

One of the founding masters of hadith criticism (al-jarh wa al-ta'dil) alongside Ahmad ibn Hanbal, who was his close companion and fellow student. He devoted hi

A master hadith critic and jurist of Baghdad (306-385 AH) and author of Sunan al-Daraqutni, an indispensable reference for hadith used by jurists in legal rulin

One of the earliest and most eminent hadith critics, titled Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith. He pioneered the science of jarh wa ta'dil and was the first to scrut