Authority And Hadith Research Methodology

The purpose of examining a hadith and sanad is to determine the authenticity of the hadith. In the rules, a sanad or Mata is distinguished or must be able to include two rules, namely major elements or minor elements in both. A sanad must meet the criteria for authenticity, among which are seen from the major and minor rules, namely the Sanad is continuous, all the narrators in the sanadn are dhabit, all narrators in the sanad are fair, the sanad is avoided from shuzu, the sanad is avoided from illa. the biography of the narrator, discusses the justice and inefficiency of the narrator, discusses the muttashilan sanad (continued sanad), discusses syadz and illat. Researching matan by looking at the quality of the sanad, examining the composition of the meaning of the matan, examining the content of the matan. In expeditions to search and collect hadith, the scholars not only aim to collect hadith but also conduct research on the traditions encountered in order to identify and classify fake hadiths. and authentic hadith. Thus making the collection process take a long time to make the hadith into a book, besides that each muhharij has its own method in compiling their respective books, which makes the emergence of various types of hadith books.