أسباب الإعلال عند البزار في كتابه البحر الزخار "دراسة وصفية تحليلة Cause of Defects “ ‘Ilal”’ In Musnad Al-Bazzar by Imam Al-Bazzar Study in the light of applications by critical traditionalists “Muḥadditheen” Section Islamic Studies

Abstract

Critics among the traditionalist “Muhadditheen” used to defectify a Hadith based on certain criteria.  Imam Bazzar is one honorable name in the field of Hadith defection. This research delves into his scholarly work, Musnad Al-Bazzar (Collection of Prophetic traditions), an esteemed book on the aforementioned subject/ theme. The entire research work has three main parts. The first part briefly introduces the author and his book under study. The second part explains the Science of Hadith Defection “ ‘Ilal” and overview of the literature on the subject. The core of this research work lies in the third part, which identifies the criteria of Hadith Defection “ ‘Ilal” adopted by Imam Bazzar accompanied by illustrative examples. It also encompasses the study of defectification in the light of rules laid down by the well-known critics and traditionalist ‘Muhadditheen’. The Research Methodology adopted here is 'Descriptive Analytical Approach' as applied on Hadith collection methods to review and extract the criteria of defect in the light of methodology adopted by Imam Bazzar. The researcher concludes that the criteria of Hadith Defection adopted by Bazzar are uniqueness, illusion, defilement, divergences in attribution, interval, concealment and conduct.