التعريف

- the conditions an authentic hadith must meet. These are: 1) a continuous chain of transmission in which a reliable and accurate narrator reports from a similarly reliable and accurate one, from the beginning to the end of the chain; 2) that both the chain of transmission and the text are free of contradicting narrations by reliable transmitters (i.e. irregularity); and both have no substantial flaw detracting from their authenticity.