بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

Ad-Deen Part 1

Kitab al-Ilm — The Book of Knowledge

By the Author Hazrat Bahrul Uloom Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Hasrat

1288 – 1381 AH

Translated by AI-assisted translation

Edited by Muhammad Ahmad Ghazi, MD · Cary, North Carolina

Front Matter

•Translator's NoteOn rendering this work into English •Title Page •ColophonPublication details •Publisher's Note •About the AuthorBahrul Uloom Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Hasrat (RH)•Original Table of ContentsThe 19 chapters of Kitab al-Ilm •A Brief History of Writing HadithAnd biographies of the Imams •Hadith TerminologyUsul al-Hadith — the science of narration

Chapters

1Fazl al-IlmExcellence of Knowledge and the Scholar 2Adab al-IlmEtiquettes of Knowledge 3Adab al-Ta'leemEtiquettes of Teaching 4I'tisam bil-Kitab wal-SunnahHolding Fast to the Book and the Sunnah 5Bid'ah HasanahGood Innovation 6Bid'ah Sayyi'ahEvil Innovation 7Dham al-Ulama al-Su'Condemnation of Evil Scholars 8Raf' al-IlmThe Lifting of Knowledge 9Ilm al-Qur'anKnowledge of the Qur'an and its Teaching 10Ahadith al-RasulHadith of the Messenger and their Transmission 11Kitabah al-HadithWriting the Hadith 12Jarradu al-Qur'anSeparate the Qur'an from Other than It 13Ithm al-Kazb ala al-Nabi ﷺThe Sin of Lying against the Prophet ﷺ 14Sihha al-RiwayahSoundness of Narration and Truthfulness of the Narrator 15Zaman Tahammul al-SaghirAt What Age a Child May Bear Hadith 16al-Ijma'Consensus of the Ummah and Following the Great Majority 17Qiyas bi-Ghayr Wajh Shar'iApplying Reasoning without a Shari'i Basis 18Qiyas bil-Wajh al-Shar'iQiyas Based on Shari'ah 19al-TaqlidFollowing Qualified Scholars and Asking the People of Knowledge