Science of Hadith — Level 1: Riwayah

Muslim scholars built one of history's most demanding verification systems, sentence by sentence, narrator by narrator. Riwayah asks whether a report genuinely arrived — who carried it, could they be trusted, could they have met. Dirayah asks what it means now — archaic wording, the prompting situation, the ruling it carries, reconciling apparent conflicts. Level 1 leaves you able to judge a chain; Level 2, to read a text.

• Sees "sahih" / "da'if" quoted online and wants the system behind them
• Wants to evaluate a report before forwarding it
• Already knows authentication and wants to know how a text is read
• Drawn to the discipline's rigour

1. 01Distinguish Isnad from Matn and analyse each
2. 02Recognise Hadith classifications and their criteria
3. 03Explain narrator-grading methodology
4. 04Identify the major collections
5. 05Trace the context prompting a report
6. 06Reconcile conflicting authentic reports
7. 07Read a Hadith reference critically

1. 1

   Introduction to Hadith Sciences

2. 2

   The Transmission of Hadith

3. 3

   Classification: Sahih, Hasan, Da'if, Mawdu'

4. 4

   The Hadith Scholars

   'Ilm al-Rijal

5. 5

   Generations & Meetings

   Tabaqat al-Ruwah

6. 6

   Sourcing & Authentication

   Takhrij

• Terminology checks per module
• Practical exercises — chain analysis (L1), text analysis (L2)
• Final assessment per level