An Analysis of a Concept: “？ā？ib ？adīth” in Terms of Hadith Sciences

The isnād is the main building block of the science of hadith in terms of introducing narrators who in the centre of the narrative tradition and revealing the information value of the narrations. Jar？ ta？dīl terms and informations in biographical sources are supporting datum the isnād system. Jar？-ta？dīl terms used are the results of the critiques intended for narrator within the framework of ？adīth sciences. These terms determine the fate of the narration in terms of acceptance and rejection. In addition, there are different concepts that are not used as terms of jar？ and ta？dīl but used in introducing of narrator. These concepts, point to the general identity of the narrator in the history of narration, accompanied the jar？-ta？dīl terms as well as used detachedly. ？ā？ib ？adīth is one of the mentioned concepts. This concept, which is more known with the use of A？？āb ？adīth that is the name of a system of thought and attitude, is frequently used in works of jar？ ta？dīl and sources of biographical. In most of these introductions, are raised through the mentioned concept; the features of narrator in the tradition of narration, the narration accumulation of him, the ？adīths which he narrated or he was mentioned in the isnāds and the narrators and towns which he obtained the narration accumulation. Thus it is informed about identy of mentioned narrator because of phenomenon of the ？adīth narration