صحتِ روایتِ ابن لہیعہ بطریق عبادلہ اور امام أبو حاتم كا منہج ایك تنقیدی جائزہ

The authenticity of Ibne Lahi'ah's narration through 'Abadilah and the methodology of Imam Abu Hatim: A critical Analysis

Abstract

Hadith is a primary source of Islamic teachings only next to Quran therefore Muslim scholarship has taken scrutiny of the veracity of Hadith along with its reference sources as vital. Important. They have taken up the critical inquiry of authenticity of Hadith minutely in their scholarly dissertations on the narrators of Hadith to the extent that the scholars have written books after books on the narrators of Hadith. Likewise Abd Allah b. Laeeaa’s reported hadith have been scrutinized by various scholars like Abdul Ghani b. Saeed who is often cited to have said about Laeeaa that if the three famed Abadila have reported from him then his narrations are authentic. Likewise when Imam Abdur Rahman b. Abi Hatim asked about the said narrations from his father, Abu Hatim, he rejected them altogether despite the fact that they were reported by the three Abadila. In this article, Imam Abu Hatim’s viewpoint shall be investigated as to whether any other leading hadith scholar agreed with him or it was his peculiar stance. It shall also be focussed as to on what grounds Imam Abu Hatim considers these narrations as unauthentic or weak in tradition.