التعريف
The unbroken sequence of trustworthy narrators by which a ḥadīth is transmitted, going back to the Prophet ﷺ. The isnād is examined narrator by narrator to determine the ḥadīth's grade.
النطق: is-NĀD
الاشتقاق والجذر
From س-ن-د (s-n-d), meaning 'to lean upon, to support.' The isnād is the support upon which the matn rests.
ملاحظات علمية
Imām Ibn al-Mubārak said: 'The isnād is part of the religion — were it not for the isnād, anyone could say whatever he wished.' Imām Muḥammad b. Sīrīn said: 'They did not used to ask about the isnād — but when the fitnah occurred, they said: Name your men to us.'
مفاهيم خاطئة شائعة
Some assume any chain ending at the Prophet ﷺ is sufficient. In reality, every link must be evaluated for connection, uprightness, and precision.
التطبيق العملي
Use trusted ḥadīth references that include the chain or its grading — beware of social media quotes with no source.
Search across the corpus
مصطلحات ذات صلة
المزيد من Hadith Terminology
Attributed directly to the Prophet ﷺ.
Agreed upon by Bukhārī and Muslim.
The science of criticising and validating narrators.
The Six Books — the major hadith collections.
Fabricated — falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ.
Weak — does not meet the conditions of authenticity.