General Overview
Talweeh Academy is offering a structured and academically rigorous Hadith Specialization Program dedicated to the service of the noble Prophetic tradition. For centuries, scholars and students have devoted their time, resources, and intellect to the preservation, transmission, analysis, and explanation of the Prophet’s (ﷺ) sayings and actions. At Talweeh Academy, we are honored to continue in this noble legacy, striving to be among those who uphold and serve the divinely inspired Sunnah.
This specialization program which ranges over 2 years is designed for students who possess proficiency in the Arabic language, a deep reverence for the science of Hadith, and the ability to engage in independent study and reading. The program aims to offer a detailed and comprehensive framework that equips students with foundational knowledge in the sciences of Hadith. It consists of 17 carefully curated courses, encompassing both theoretical foundations and practical applications.
Program Curriculum:
- Introduction to Hadith – 9 Lessons
- Tadwīn al-Sunnah (Compilation of the Sunnah) – 10 Lessons
- Makānat al-Sunnah (The Status of the Sunnah) – 15Lessons
- Nukhbat al-Fikar – 32 Lessons
- Ruwāt al-Hadith – Part 1 (Narrators of Hadith) – 12 Lessons
- Takwīn al-Isnād (Formation of Chains of Transmission) – 13 Lessons
- Al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl (Criticism and Accreditation of Narrators) – 20Lessons
- Ruwāt al-Hadith – Part 2 – 12 Lessons
- Manāhij al-Muḥaddithīn (Methodologies of the Hadith Scholars) – 12 Lessons
- Takhrīj (Referencing Hadiths in Primary Sources) – 8 Lessons
- Dirāsat al-Asānīd (Analysis of Chains of Transmission) – 8 Lessons
- Al-Athbāt wa al-Fahāris (Indexes and Referential Works) – 8 Lessons
- Orientalist Critique of Hadith Studies – 8 Lessons
- ʿIlal al-Ḥadīth (Hidden Defects in Hadith) – 15 Lessons
- Tadrīb al-Rāwī (Advanced Study of Al-Suyūṭī’s work)
- Sahih al-Bukhārī – Selected Readings and Analysis
- Muwaṭṭaʾ Mālik – Selected Readings and Analysis
Please note that the duration of each course is subject to modification.
View the following document for a detailed overview of each individual course:
Instructors
Sheikh Omer Khurshid
B.A., Faculty of Hadith, Islamic University of Madinah
Mufti Daud Khurshid
Faculty of Islamic law, Islamic University of Madinah
Start Date: September 13, 2025
Duration: 2 years
Schedule: 4 days a week
Format: Online & In-person (Limited)
Tuition: $150 USD /month
Course Curriculum
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Introduction to Uṣūl al-Ḥadīth
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Introduction to Uṣūl al-ḥadīth | Lesson 1 | Foundations of ʿIlm and Ḥadīth: Definitions, Classifications, and Methodologies
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Introduction to Uṣūl al-ḥadīth | Lesson 2 | Ibn al-Akfānī’s Division of Ḥadīth Sciences: Riwāyah and Dirāyah
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Introduction to Uṣūl al-ḥadīth | Lesson 3 | The Early Codification of Ḥadīth: Writing, Scholarly Travel, and Preservation Practices
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Introduction to Uṣūl al-ḥadīth | Lesson 4 | Foundations of Ḥadīth Scholarship: Early Compilation, Transmission, and Preservation of the Sunnah
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Introduction to Uṣūl al-ḥadīth | Lesson 5 | The Companions and the Foundations of Isnād
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Introduction to Uṣūl al-ḥadīth | Lesson 6 | The Tābiʿūn and the Foundations of Ḥadīth Preservation: Memorization, Criticism, and Codification
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Introduction to Uṣūl al-ḥadīth | Lesson 7 | The Second Century of Islam: Consolidation of Isnād Networks and the Rise of Systematic Ḥadīth Criticism
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Introduction to Uṣūl al-ḥadīth | Lesson 8 | The Second and Third Centuries of Islam: Compilation, Organization, and Methodological Maturation of Ḥadīth Sciences
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Introduction to Uṣūl al-ḥadīth | Lesson 9 | The Evolution of Ḥadīth Terminology: Systematization, Methodology, and the Science of Transmission
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Nukhbat al-Fikar
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 1 | Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī and His Nukhbat al-Fikar: A Foundational Text in Ḥadīth Methodology
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 1 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 2 (Free) | A Study of Foundational Concepts and the Science of Tawātur
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 2 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 3 (Free) | The Spectrum of Transmission in Ḥadīth: Scholarly Perspectives on Tawātur, Mashhūr, and Mustafīḍ
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 3 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 4 | The Ḥadīth Classifications of al-ʿAzīz and al-Gharīb
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 4 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 5 | The Nature and Legal Status of Al-Aḥād (Solitary Reports) in Islamic Law
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 5 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 6 | The Concept of Al-Gharābah (Singularity) in Ḥadīth Transmission
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 6 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 7 | Definition and Classification of al-Ḥadīth al-Ṣaḥīḥ li-Dhātihi
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 7 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 8 | The Condition of Precision (al-Ḍabṭ) in Ḥadīth Narrators
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 8 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 9 | Additional Conditions of Authentic Ḥadīth and the Complexity of Practice
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 9 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 10 | The Hierarchy and Classification of Ḥadīth: From Ṣaḥīḥ to Ḥasan
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 10 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 11 | Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ’s Definition and Classification of Ḥasan Ḥadīth
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 11 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 12 | Ḥasan li-Ghayrih and the Principle of the Trustworthy Narrator’s Addition (Ziyādat al-Thiqah)
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 12 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 13 | Contradiction Between Authentic and More Authentic Reports
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 13 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 14 | Principles of Corroboration, Contradiction, and Reconciliation in Ḥadīth Studies
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 14 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 15 | Al-Mardood (The Rejected Hadith)
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 15 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 16 | Al-Saqṭ (Omission) in Ḥadīth Transmission
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 16 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 17 | Al-Ḥadīth al-Mu‘ḍal and al-Ḥadīth al-Munqaṭi‘
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 17 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 18 | Clarity and Subtlety in Omission
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 18 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 19 | Rejected Hadith Due to Narrator Criticism
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 19 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 20 | Key Categories of Weak Ḥadīth and the Foundations of ʿIlal (Hidden Defects)
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 20 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 21 | Mudraj al-Isnād, Mudraj al-Matn, and al-Maqlūb
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 21 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 22 | Overview of Mudraj and Maqlūb in Hadith Studies
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 22 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 23 | Understanding Ghareeb and Mushkil in Hadith Studies
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 23 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 24 | Evaluating Narrators: Innovation and Weak Preservation in Hadith Transmission
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 24 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 25 | Classification of Hadith and the Definition of Companions
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 25 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 26 | Types of ʿUlūw and Forms of Narration Relationships
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 26 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 27 | Key Narration Patterns and Their Scholarly Treatment
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 27 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 28 | Methods of Hadith Acquisition and Performance
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 28 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 29 | Natural Transmission of Prophetic Teachings
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 29 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 30 | Natural and Organic Transmission of Hadith
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 30 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 31 | Principles of Jarh, Ta‘dil, and Narrator Identification in Hadith Studies
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 31 Quiz
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Nukhbat al-Fikr | Lesson 32 | Adab and Classification of Hadith
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Nukhbat al-Fikr Lesson 32 Quiz
Tadwīn al-Sunnah (Codification of the Sunnah)
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 1 | The Preservation and Compilation of the Sunnah
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 1 Quiz
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 2 | The Prophetic Era ﷺ: Between Permission, Restriction
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 2 Quiz
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 3 | The Prophetic Era ﷺ: Between Permission, Restriction
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 3 Quiz
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 4 | Efforts of the Companions and Tabi‘ūn
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 4 Quiz
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 5: The Tabi‘ūn and the Early Compilation of the Sunnah
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 5 Quiz
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 6 : The Compilation of the Sunnah
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 6 Quiz
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 7: The Rank of the Muwatta of Imam Mālik ibn Anas
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 7 Quiz
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 8: A Critical Study of Ignaz Goldziher’s Claims and Scholarly Responses
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 9: Tadwīn al-Ḥadīth and Orientalist Claims Part 2
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 10: Presentations
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Makānat al-Sunnah (Sunnah as a Legal Authority)
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 1
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 2
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 3
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 4
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 5
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 6
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 7
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 8
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 9
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 10
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 11
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 12
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 13
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 14
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Makānat Al-Sunnah Lesson 15
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Takwīn al-Isnād
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 1: The Famous Hadith Narrators
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 2: Understanding the Madar and Makhraj
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 3: The Larger and Smaller Makahrij of Hadith
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 4: The Mukhthirun from amongst the Sahabah
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 5: The Progression of the Isnād
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 6: Pinpointing ‘Ilal in relation to the Madār
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 7: Understanding I’tibar and the level of narratiors from the Madar
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 8: The Types of Tafarrud and how they are created?
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 9: Tafarrud of the Tabi’un
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 10: Tafarrud of the Atba’ al-Tabi’een
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 11: Tafarrud of their students
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 12: Al-Zuhri, Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, and al-A’mash
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Takwīn al-Asānīd | Lesson 13: Amr ibn Dinar, Qatadah ibn Di’amah, and Abu Ishaq (Final))
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Al Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl (Criticism and Accreditation of Narrators)
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 1 | Foundations of al-Jarḥ wa-al-Taʿdīl: Principles, Methodology, and Ethical Responsibility in Ḥadīth Criticism
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 2 | Understanding al-Jarḥ: Levels of Criticism, Contextual Evaluation, and Methodology in Ḥadīth Analysis
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 3 | Principles of al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl: Foundations, Terminology, and Methodological Restraint in Ḥadīth Criticism
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 4 | ʿAdālah and its conditions
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 5 | Linguistic and termed definition of Ḍabṭ
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 6 | Riwayah bi’l-Maʿnā and Narrator Evaluation
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 7 | Conditions of Narrators Beyond ʿAdālah and Ḍabṭ
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 8 | Conditions of Narrators Beyond ʿAdālah and Ḍabṭ Part 2
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 9 | Conditions of Narrators Beyond ʿAdālah and Ḍabṭ Part 3
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 10 | Establishing ʿAdālah in the Narrators of Ḥadīth
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 11 | Establishing ʿAdālah in the Narrators of Ḥadīth Part 2
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 12 | Narration as a Form of Taʿdīl
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 13 | Does ʿAmal equate to Taʿdīl / The method of determining Ḍabṭ
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 14 | The Principles of Jarḥ and Taʿdīl: Mufassar and Mubham
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 15 | Principles of Resolving Conflict in Jarḥ and Taʿdīl
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Al-Jarḥ wa-l-Taʿdīl | Lesson 16 | Principles of Resolving Conflict in Jarḥ and Taʿdīl Part 2
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī: An In-Depth Study of Al-Suyūṭī’s Work
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 1 | Publishers Intro part 1
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 1 Quiz
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 2 | Publishers Intro part 2
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 2 Quiz
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 3 | Publishers Intro part 3
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Tadwīn al-Sunnah Lesson 3 Quiz
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 4 | Publishers Intro part 4
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 4 Quiz
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 5 | Publishers Intro part 5
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 5 Quiz
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 6 | Biography of Nawawī and Suyūṭī
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 6 Quiz
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 7 | Authors Intro Part 1
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 7 Quiz
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 8 | Authors Intro Part 2 | Defining the Science of Hadith
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 8 Quiz
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 9 | Authors Intro Part 3 | The Development of ʿIlm Riwāyat al-Ḥadīth
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 10 | Authors Intro Part 4 | ʿIlm Dirāyat al-Ḥadīth
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 11 | The Reality of Riwāyah and the Meanings of Sunnah and Ḥadīth in the Science of Ḥadīth
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 12 | The types of Marwiyyāt / Continuation of the Defintion of ʿIlm al-Ḥadīth
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 13 | The Scope, Definition, and Subject Matter of ʿIlm al-Ḥadīth
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 14 | Sanad, Isnād, Musnad, Matn, Ḥadīth, Khabar, Athar, and Sunnah
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 15 | The Hierarchy of Ḥadīth Scholarship and the term al-Musnid (الْمُسْنِد)
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 16 | The Ranks of Ḥadīth Scholars (Muhaddith) and the Ethics of Seeking
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 17 | The classical categorization of ḥadīth sciences by Abū Shāmah al-Maqdisī
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 18 | The Ranks of the Ḥadīth Scholars (Muḥaddith and Ḥāfiẓ)
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 19 | The Concept of Ḥifẓ and the Title of Ḥāfiẓ in ʿIlm al-Ḥadīth
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 20 | The Historical Development of compilations in Ḥadīth sciences Part 1
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 21 | The Historical Development of compilations in Ḥadīth sciences Part 2
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 22 | Nawawi’s Intro (Basmalah)
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 23 | Nawawi’s Intro (Alhamdalah, descriptions of the Messenger ﷺ)
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Tadrīb al-Rāwī Lesson 24 | The Virtues and Linguistic Analysis of the Name Muḥammad ﷺ
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