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What is a Hadith Mutawaatir?

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Please explain hadith e mutawater  and all the types with examples

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The various categories of Ahadith with their specific definitions is an intricate science that is taught to students in the advanced stages of the Aalim course. Hereunder is a simplified definition of Hadith Mutawaatir.

Hadith Mutawaatir is such a narration which is narrated by such a large number of people in each era that it would be impossible for all the narrators to make up the hadith and orchestrate a lie.[i]

An example of a Hadith Mutawaatir is the following Hadith of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam:

عن أبي هريرة، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «من كذب علي متعمدا، فليتبوأ مقعده من النار»

Translation: Abu Hurairah Radiallahu Anhu narrates that the messenger of Allah Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam said: whomsoever lies upon me, let him take an abode in Hellfire[ii]

                                                                                                                             There are at least 61 narrators of this Hadith.[iii]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muhammad Yusuf bin Moulana Abdur Rahim Khan

Student Darul Iftaa
Chatsworth, Durban, KZN, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.


[i] نزهة النظر في توضيح نخبة الفكر ت عتر (ص: 43)

فإِذا جَمَعَ هذهِ الشُّروطَ الأربعةَ، وهي:

عَدَدٌ كثيرٌ أَحَالَتِ العادةُ تواطُؤهُم على الكَذِبِ.

 رَوَوْا ذلك عن مِثْلِهِم من الابتداء إلى الانتهاءِ.

وكان مُسْتَنَدُ انْتِهائِهِمُ الحِسَّ.

وانْضافَ إلى ذلك أَنْ يَصْحَبَ خَبَرَهُمْ إِفَادَةُ العِلْمِ لِسامِعِهِ.

فهذا هو المتواتِرُ.

 

[ii] تدريب الراوي في شرح تقريب النواوي (2/ 627)

(وَحَدِيثُ «مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلِيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ» مُتَوَاتِرٌ) ، قَالَ ابْنُ الصَّلَاحِ: رَوَاهُ اثْنَانِ وَسِتُّونَ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ.

وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ: رَوَاهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ مِائَةِ نَفْسٍ.

 

 

[iii] الموضوعات لابن الجوزي (1/ 56)

قَالَ الْمُصَنِّفُ: وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ أَعْنِي قَوْلَهُ: ” مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا ” قَدْ رَوَاهُ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحَدٌ وَسِتُّونَ نَفْسًا، وَأَنَا أَذْكُرُهُ عَنْهُمُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

 

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