The relationship between the authenticity of the chain of narrators (isnad) and the authenticity of the text (matn) among hadith scholars. Theoretical study

Abstract

This study focused on the relationship between the attribution and the text, which raises the problem of the relationship between the authenticity of the hadith and the authenticity of the attribution. Is the authenticity of the attribution binding to the authenticity of the text, or may the attribution be valid but the text not? Is the text weak due to weak chain of transmission or not?

Given the importance of separating the nature of the relationship between the two sides of the hadith, which plays a role in clarifying some misconceptions about the hadith scholars’ approach, which may result in holding the critical approach responsible for separating the chain of transmission from the text; Thus, the possibility of excluding attribution from the monetary process is confirmed.

Through an in-depth reading of the texts of the imams and terminology scholars, the study showed that the critical approach of the hadith scholars does not separate the authenticity of the text from the authenticity of the chain of transmission.