Examples of Narrators Described by Ibn Hibban (who died in 354 AH) as Deluded in his Book 'The Criticized Hadith Narrators - the Weak and the Abandoned': A Comparative Study

-, Maryam Sufian Sami Salih; -, Mazin Mizhir Ibrahim

doi:10.34278/aujis.2026.191006

	Examples of Narrators Described by Ibn Hibban (who died in 354 AH) as Deluded in his Book 'The Criticized Hadith Narrators - the Weak and the Abandoned': A Comparative Study
Anbar University Journal of Islamic Sciences
Article 23, Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2026, Pages 808-832 PDF (3.67 M)
DOI: 10.34278/aujis.2026.191006
Authors
Maryam Sufian Sami Salih -¹; Mazin Mizhir Ibrahim -²
¹University of Anbar - College of Islamic Sciences
²University of Anbar - College of Islamic Sciences
Abstract
Praise be to Allah, and may blessings and peace be upon our Messenger, His family, and all His companions. The scholars of hadith paid great attention to preserving the Sunnah, protecting it from error, distortion, and alteration. They clarified the status of its narrators through criticism and verification, to distinguish the truthful ones from the liars, and the alert from the inattentive ones. The scholars used various terms for criticizing and evaluating narrators, with different meanings and varying degrees. Among the terms used for criticizing narrators are 'delusion' 'err' and 'misconception'. To study all these aspects, the authors have conducted this study entitled "Examples of Narrators Described by Ibn Hibban (died in 354 AH) as Deluded in his Book 'The Criticized Hadith Narrators - the Weak and the Abandoned': A Comparative Study." It aims to study Ibn Hibban's opinions in these terms and compare them with the opinions of the recognized imams of criticism and verification who preceded him or those who came after him. The study also tries to clarify the extent to which he agrees or disagrees with them. To achieve the purposes of the study, the authors have adopted inductive, analytical, critical, and comparative methods in this study. The study concludes that Ibn Hibban's judgment on these narrators is consistent with the opinions of the recognized imams and scholars of criticism and verification. The study presents the opinions of three narrators and ends with a conclusion outlining the most important results.
Keywords
Ibn Hibban; Al-Majruhin; delusion; err; misconception

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