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Hadith criticism (isnad)

The hadith critics who judge the saying by chain of transmission: it has no established isnad (sahih or daʿif) and so is not an authoritative prophetic report.

Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi · Ibn Taymiyya

Readings in this camp 2

• Shams al-Din al-Sakhawiengine

  no established isnad -- sound or weak

  on The Hidden Treasure -- kuntu kanzan makhfiyyan

• Ibn Taymiyyaengine

  not the Prophet’s speech; no isnad sahih or daʿif (though the meaning is sound)

  on The Hidden Treasure -- kuntu kanzan makhfiyyan