Nuzhat an-Naẓar – Ulum al-Hadith

Prelude Lessons
Introductory lessons before the official commencement of the book to help gain an understanding of the subject, the author, the book, and the motives for our studies. Topics include: - Importance and virtues of studying this field - Etiquettes to observe to attain maximum benefit, insha'Allah. - Ijazah - Biography of the author with an analysis of factors within him that contributed to his success.

Introduction

24:20
Course Overview

00:00
Important Etiquettes and Ijāzah

00:00
The Author

34:51
Purpose of Studying this Subject

28:11
Overview of the Book and its Prints

35:30
Audio lesson: Factors that Contributed to his Success

29:42

Praise
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه وسلم. قال الشيخ العلامة الرحلة شيخ الإسلام علم الأعلام شهاب الدين أبو الفضل أحمد بن علي بن محمد العسقلاني الشهير بابن حجر، الشافعي، فسح الله في مدته، وأعاد على المسلمين من بركته: الحمد لله الذي لم يزل عالما قديرا، حيا قيوما سميعا بصيرا، وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأكبره تكبيرا، وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد الذي أرسله إلى الناس كافة بشيرا ونذيرا وعلى آل محمد وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيرا.

Books on Ulūm al-Ḥadīth before Ibn Ḥajar’s
أما بعد: فإن التصانيف في اصطلاح أهل الحديث، قد كثرت للأئمة في القديم والحديث. فمن أول من صنف في ذلك 1- القاضي أبو محمد الرامهرمزي في كتابه: المحدث الفاصل ، لكنه لم يستوعب

Discussion on Ammā Baʿd
Lesson 2: Prior Literature on ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth

31:39
Lesson 3: Qāḍī Abū Muḥammad ar-Rāmahurmuzī

24:19
Imām Ḥākim Abū Bakr an-Nīshāpūrī
Abū Nuʿ aym Iṣfahānī
Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī
Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsa ibn ʿIyāḍ as-Sibtī
Lesson 4: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Majīd Mayyānishī

29:02
More Suitable Mentions
Lesson 5: ʿAllāmah Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ

28:11

Reasons Behind the Compilation

Khabar and Ḥadīth
فأقول طالبا من الله التوفيق فيما هنالك: الخبر – عند علماء هذا الفن: 1- مرادف للحديث. 2- وقيل: الحديث: ما جاء عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، والخبر: ما جاء عن غيره، ومن ثمة قيل لمن يشتغل بالتواريخ وما شاكلها: الإخباري، ولمن يشتغل بالسنة النبوية: المحدث. 3- وقيل: بينهما عموم وخصوص مطلق: فكل حديث خبر، من غير عكس، وعبر هنا بـالخبر ليكون أشمل.

Isnād and Sanad
فهو باعتبار وصوله إلينا:إما أن يكون له طرق، أي أسانيد كثيرة-لأن طرقا جمع طريق، وفعيل في الكثرة يجمع على فعل بضمتين، وفي القلة على أفعل- والمراد بالطرق الأسانيد. والإسناد: حكاية طريق المتن.

Mutawātir
وتلك الكثرة أحد شروط التواتر، إذا وردت – بلا حصر عدد معين، بل تكون العادة قد أحالت تواطؤهم على الكذب، وكذا وقوعه منهم اتفاقا من غير قصد. فلا معنى لتعيين العدد على الصحيح.

Mashhūr

ʿAzīz

Gharīb

Āḥād

Al-Fard al-Muṭlaq

Al-Fard an-Nisbī

Accepted Narrations

Lesson 32: Division of Accepted Narrations

31:21
Lesson 33: Explanation of Taqwā and Murūʾah

33:00
Lesson 34: Ḍabṭ (Retention)

40:02
Lesson 35: The Continuous Chain (Muttaṣil)

28:30
Lesson 36: Fifth Condition of Ṣaḥīḥ

41:49
Lesson 37: The Most Authentic of Chains

32:18
Lesson 38: Remaining Examples of The Most Authentic Narrations

29:58
Lesson 39: The Second and Third Category of Ṣaḥīḥ

31:35
Lesson 40: Conclusion on the Categories of Ṣaḥīḥ

31:41

At-Taqsīm as-Sabʿī

Ḥasan and Ṣaḥīḥ

Ziyādat ath-Thiqāt

Shādh

Munkar

Mutābaʿāt

Shāhid

Iʿtibār

Contradictory Reports

Mardūd and Muʿallaq

Mursal

Missing Link Being Apparent

Tadlīs

Ten Factors that Impact the Integrity of a Narrator

Lesson 76: Ten Factors that Impact the Integrity of a Narrator

34:00
Lesson 77: Mawḍūʿ

30:32
Lesson 78: Method of Detecting a Fabrication

36:19
Lesson 79: Origin of Fabrications

34:52
Lesson 80: Ruling of Fabricating

00:00
Lesson 81: Quoting a Fabrication

30:36
Lesson 82: Matrūk

30:24
Lesson 83: Munkar, Excessive Sins, Being Negligent or Sinful

33:04
Lesson 84: Muʿallal

00:00
Lesson 85: Continuation on Muʿallal

32:55
Lesson 86: Mudraj

29:57
Lesson 87: Mudraj al-Matn

30:15
Lesson 88: Termination of Mudraj al-Matn

31:41
Lesson 89: Maqlūb

31:34
Lesson 90: Al-Mazīd fī Muṭṭaṣil al-Asānīd

19:50
Lesson 91: Muḍṭarib

32:25
Lesson 92: Termination of Iḍṭirāb

32:41
Lesson 93: Muṣaḥḥaf and Muḥarraf

33:14
Lesson 94: Summarising a Narration

31:35
Lesson 95: Paraphrasing a Narration

30:31
Lesson 96: Narrating the Meaning of a Narration

36:23
Lesson 97: Gharīb al-Ḥadīth

30:11
Lesson 98: Books on Gharīb al-Ḥadīth

31:04
Lesson 99: Unknown Narrators

31:04
Lesson 100: Second Reason for Being Unknown

34:17
Lesson 101: Taʿdīl alā ‘l-Ibhām

31:41
Lesson 102: Majhūl al-ʿAyn and Majhūl al-Ḥāl

33:00
Lesson 103: Narrating from an Innovator

00:00
Lesson 104: Bidʿah of Lesser Severity

30:05
Lesson 105: Preferred View on Narrating from a Mild Innovator

30:30
Lesson 106: Weak Memory

31:42

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Introduction

Course Overview

Important Etiquettes and Ijāzah

The Author

Purpose of Studying this Subject

Overview of the Book and its Prints

Audio lesson: Factors that Contributed to his Success

Lesson 1: Beginning with Bismillāh

Starting with the Praises of Allāh ﷻ

Salutations Upon the Prophet ﷺ, His Family and Companions

Discussion on Ammā Baʿd

Lesson 2: Prior Literature on ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth

Lesson 3: Qāḍī Abū Muḥammad ar-Rāmahurmuzī

Imām Ḥākim Abū Bakr an-Nīshāpūrī

Abū Nuʿ aym Iṣfahānī

Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī

Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ ibn Mūsa ibn ʿIyāḍ as-Sibtī

Lesson 4: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Majīd Mayyānishī

More Suitable Mentions

Lesson 5: ʿAllāmah Ibn aṣ-Ṣalāḥ

Reasons Behind the Compilation

Lesson 6: Overview of his Objective

Lesson 7: Literal, Technical Meanings and Comparisons

The Text

Lesson 8: Linguistic Discussion

Isnād- Literal and Technical Meaning

Lesson 9: Literal Meaning

Lesson 10: The First Two Conditions

Lesson 11: Remainder of the Conditions

Lesson 12: Tawātur as Defined by Scholars

Lesson 13: Mashhūr Narrations

Lesson 14: Knowledge Derived from Mutawātir

Lesson 15: Opinions of the Ḥanafīs- Categories of Tawātur

Lesson 16: ʿAllāmah Ibn Aṣ-Ṣalāḥ’s View on Mutawātir Narrations

Mashhūr

Lesson 17: Mashhūr

Lesson 18: Mustafīḍ and Books on Fabricated Aḥādīth

Lesson 19: Mashhūr According to the Ḥanafīs

ʿAzīz

Lesson 20: ʿAzīz

Lesson 21: Statement of Ibn al-ʿArabī

Lesson 22: Statement of Ibn Ḥibbān and Example of ʿAzīz

Gharīb

Lesson 23: Gharīb

Āḥād

Lesson 24: Division of Āḥād

Lesson 25: Knowledge Obtained from Āḥād

Lesson 26: External Factors Considered for Khabr al-Wāḥid

Lesson 27: Second and Third External Factors

Lesson 28: Elaborating on the Example of the Third External Factor

Al-Fard al-Muṭlaq

Lesson 29: Al-Fard al-Muṭlaq

Lesson 30: Examples of Al-Fard al-Muṭlaq

Al-Fard an-Nisbī

Lesson 31: Al-Fard an-Nisbī

Accepted Narrations

Lesson 32: Division of Accepted Narrations

Lesson 33: Explanation of Taqwā and Murūʾah

Lesson 34: Ḍabṭ (Retention)

Lesson 35: The Continuous Chain (Muttaṣil)

Lesson 36: Fifth Condition of Ṣaḥīḥ

Lesson 37: The Most Authentic of Chains

Lesson 38: Remaining Examples of The Most Authentic Narrations

Lesson 39: The Second and Third Category of Ṣaḥīḥ

Lesson 40: Conclusion on the Categories of Ṣaḥīḥ

At-Taqsīm as-Sabʿī

Lesson 41: At-Taqsīm as-Sabʿī

Lesson 42: Precedence of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī over Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

Lesson 43: The Preference of Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Over Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī

Lesson 44: Continuation of Comparison Between Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

Lesson 45: Final Condition Wherein Imām Bukhārī Exceeds

Lesson 46: Termination of Taqsīm as-Sabʿī

Ḥasan and Ṣaḥīḥ

Lesson 47: Ḥasan li Dhātihi

Lesson 48: Status of Ḥasan

Lesson 49: Ṣaḥīḥ li Ghayrihi

Lesson 50: A Narration Being Graded as Ḥasan and Ṣaḥīḥ

Lesson 51: Continuation on Discussion of the Grading Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ