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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-107: AL-MUTABA’AT (المتابعات) DAN AL-SYAWAHID (الشواهد)
What are al-Mutaba’at and al-Syawahid in the science of hadith?
Short answer
Al-Mutaba’ah occurs when another narrator transmits the same hadith from the same teacher or companion, and it is divided into mutaba’ah tammah and mutaba’ah qasirah.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hadith
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
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Summary
Al-Mutaba’ah occurs when another narrator transmits the same hadith from the same teacher or companion, and it is divided into mutaba’ah tammah and mutaba’ah qasirah. Al-Syahid is another hadith from a different companion that supports the original in wording or meaning. Some scholars, such as al-Hakim and Ibn Salah, distinguish them by wording and meaning: the same wording and meaning is mutaba’ah, while the same meaning with different wording is syawahid. Among the benefits of al-Syawahid is strengthening a hadith's grade, while both can remove irregularity and clarify general or unclear hadiths.
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Mutaba'at adalah jama' bagi perkataan mutaba'ah (متابعة) yang bermaksud apabila seorang perawi meriwayatkan sebuah hadith dan dalam masa yang sama terdapat perawi yang lain bersama dengannya iaitu meriwayatkan hadith yang sama daripada guru (sahabat) yang sama.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-107: AL-MUTABA’AT (المتابعات) DAN AL-SYAWAHID (الشواهد)”, 5 August 2016. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/1126-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-107-al-mutaba-at-dan-al-syawahid. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/meaning-of-mutabaat-and-syawahid-hadith/