Metodologi Ibn Ḥajar Terhadap Riwayat Ibn Isḥāq berkaitan al-Maghāzī dalam Kitab Fatḥ al-Bārī

There is a tendency among certain modern researchers to reject the reports of Ibn Isḥāq entirely on the grounds that he is an excessively weak transmitter. However, this tendency differs from the position of the classical scholars, who accepted Ibn Isḥāq’s narrations provided they fulfilled the conditions they had established. Among the classical authorities who accepted his reports with conditions was Ibn Ḥajar al-‘Asqalānī, who frequently cited Ibn Isḥāq’s narrations in his work Fatḥ al-Bārī. Accordingly, this study aims to examine Ibn Ḥajar’s methodology when engaging with the reports of Ibn Isḥāq. One of Ibn Ḥajar’s primary purposes in presenting Ibn Isḥāq’s narrations was to complete the details of existing sīrah accounts. This is because Ibn Isḥāq often provides additional information that elaborates on particular events. This study analyses Ibn Ḥajar’s methodological approach to Ibn Isḥāq’s narrations concerning al-Maghāzī, as well as his method of supplying detailed accounts of sīrah episodes. The study employs an inductive method, which involves analysing data through close examination and observation of specific facts to formulate broader theories and principles. The findings reveal that Ibn Ḥajar extensively utilised the narrations of Ibn Isḥāq to complete details of sīrah narratives such as the causes of certain events, the names of individuals involved, and the dates of those events. Ibn Isḥāq’s reports also offer elaboration on the numbers of participants, the locations of events, the identification of ambiguous individuals, the duration of certain incidents, as well as related supplications. Thus, it is evident that Ibn Isḥāq provides substantial detail regarding sīrah accounts, which Ibn Ḥajar subsequently incorporated into Fatḥ al-Bārī.