سنن ابی داود کے رواۃ کی توضیح وتنقیح:بذل المجہود کا خصوصی مطالعہExplanation and Refinement of Sunan e Abī Dawūd’s narrators: Special Study of Bzl-al-Majhūd

Abstract

The hadith is divided into two parts.one is called Matan e Ḥadīth and the other is called Sanad e Ḥadīth (the chain of transmission).The chain of transmission is the most important source of ḥadīth. It is not possible to preserve a ḥadīth without a sanad. Based on this, the criteria for examining and accepting the ḥadīth have been established. In view of the importance of the sanad, the narrators further developed it, as a result of which the knowledge of Rijāl (‘Ilm e Rijāl) came into existence. Muḥaddisīn have done research on this magnumopus art from various angles. Permanent works have also been written in this regard. The commentators of ḥadīth have also discussed it in detail in the commentaries of the books of ḥadīth. The name of Moulāna Khalīl Aḥmad Sahāranpurī appears prominently in the commentators of the ḥadīth who have presented a critical study of the situation of the narrators. If it is said that Bazl-al- Majhūd is an encyclopedia of Sunan Abū Dā’wūd’s rijāl, it is correct. Hence, Moulāna Khalīl Aḥmad Sahāranpurī has talked about the tradition in sanad, in this regard, he has also pointed out the errors of the previous commentators of the ḥadīth with rhetoric arguments. During the discussion on ruwāt, he judiciously adopted all the methods adopted by the experts while discussing the narrators.