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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-120: HADITH AL-MUDRAJ
What is a Mudraj hadith and what is its ruling?
Short answer
A Mudraj hadith is one in which a narrator's wording was mistakenly inserted into the chain or text, so that it appears to be part of the Prophet's words.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hadith
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
A Mudraj hadith is one in which a narrator's wording was mistakenly inserted into the chain or text, so that it appears to be part of the Prophet's words. If the addition can be distinguished, the Prophet's wording is accepted provided it meets the conditions for acceptance, and the narrator's addition is not treated as religious evidence. If they cannot be distinguished, the whole wording is rejected, though this rarely happens. A narrator who inserts additions deliberately commits a prohibited act and loses his integrity, unless it is for testing or explaining a word's meaning.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Hadith Mudraj adalah apa (lafaz) yang telah dimasukkan atau ditambah di dalam matan hadith sedangkan ia bukanlah daripada lafaz atau matan hadith yang sebenar.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-120: HADITH AL-MUDRAJ”, 24 October 2016. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/1092-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-120-hadith-al-mudraj. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/what-is-a-mudraj-hadith/