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− Prophet or that the Holy Prophet said this or that the Holy sa sa Prophet did so. sa 2. Muttasil: A whose (The trail of the Hadith Sanad ± ± − narrators of the , through which the reached Hadith Hadith ± − ± − the collector of the or the who wrote the Ahadith Imam ± − − − Hadith book) is continuous [i. e. it contains names of all of ± − the ; the name of none of the s (narrators) is Ravis Ravi − − − − missing]. 3. Mursal: A whose does not contain name of Hadith Sanad ± − a Companion of the Holy Prophet. e. g. A (One of sa Tabi‘i − − the Muslims who has met a Companion of the Holy Prophet ) relates that the Holy Prophet said or did such. sa sa 4. Munqat‘a: A from whose a person other Hadith Sanad ± − than the Companion of the Holy Prophet is left out and the sa continuity of the is broken. Sanad (Hadiqatus-Salihlin, 3rd Edition, p 8) ± − ± ± − ± − Criteria to Judge Authenticity of a Hadith ± − 1. It does not go against the Holy Qur’an in any way. − 2. It does not go against the of the Holy Prophet and Sunnah sa the collective action of the Companions of the Holy Prophet. sa 3. It is not against an observed and proven incident. 4. It is not against the (Truths) and common sense. Badihat − − (Hadiqatus-Salihin, 3rd Edition, p 6 ) ± − ± ± − ± − The Holy Prophet says regarding memorization of the : sa Ahadith ± − − 181