Hadith Terminologies
Types of Rejected Hadith Due to Narrator’s Lack of Integrity
Narration by an Innovator:
A Hadith whose narrator believes in or practices an innovation (bid‘ah) that causes disbelief (kufr), but if the narrator’s innovation is not of disbelief and he is also just (‘Adil’) and precise (Dhabit), then his narration is considered reliable. Note: Bid‘ah causing disbelief (kufr) leads to apostasy.
Narration by a Sinner:
A Hadith whose narrator commits major sins but does not reach the level of disbelief.
Matruk (Abandoned Hadith):
A Hadith whose narrator lies in ordinary conversation and whose narration has been rejected by the Hadith scholars.
Mawdu‘ (Fabricated Hadith):
A Hadith whose narrator has lied regarding Hadith matters at some point; every narration from such a narrator is called fabricated (Mawdu‘).
