So Few Precious Stones: How Many Authentic Ahadith Are There?

Adapted from an article by Muhammad al-Amin:
The scholars of Hadith differed over the number of authentic ahadith of the Prophet. The strongest opinion is that which Ibn Hajar al-’Asqalani reported in the book ‘an-Nukat ‘ala Ibn as-Salah’ (p. 992): “Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin al-Husayn mentioned in his book ‘at-Tamyiz’ that Shu’bah, (Sufyan) ath-Thawri, Yahya bin [...]

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