علم غریب الحدیث کی اہمیت اور ارتقائی ادوارکا تحقیقی جائزہ

An Analysis of the Significance and Evolutionary Periods of the Field of 'Ilm e Gharib-ul-Hadith

Abstract

Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W) was sent as Messenger for the whole world; therefore, He was given command and understanding of the languages and behaviors of the Arabs. Muhammad (S.A.W) interacted with people of diverse origins and used different languages at different occasions to convey His message. These differences of dialects were unknown to other tribal communities. Due to periodical and regional differences, it was difficult to interpret Hadith. In order to solve this problem, a new field of study was originated with the name of, “Ilam ul Gharib”, which explained all the difficult and strange words. This field has too much significance as scholars of Hadith are annoyed by the ignorance of the study of this field. Dictionaries are insufficient to give proper interpretations of the words to study Hadith, because, sometime words give real meanings and sometime literal, sometimes there is proverbial or idiomatic use of language. “Gharib ul Hadith”, was originated in the second century A.H. when, a great scholar of Basra, Abu Ubaida Muhammar bin Masna’h wrote a book on “Ilam ul Gharib”. Many other books were also written in that period. There are four methods used to write books on “Gharib ul Hadith”. Books are different on the basis of their objectives, characteristics and significance. In this Research thesis, I have attempted to analyze the significance and evolution of the field, “Ilam ul Gharib”.