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The religion of Islam has two fundamental sources. These are the Quran and the Sunnah. The oral expression of the Sunnah is called hadith. Under normal circumstances, two sound (sahih) hadiths cannot bear contradictory meanings that contradict each other. It is known however, that some hadiths can be perceived as having contradictions between them because of peoples defective understanding of them, or because of other similar reasons. Contradictions between two hadiths can be solved by way of gathering (Jam), reconciliation or byabrogation (naskh). It is also possibleto give preference to a hadith over - ortolet it outweigh another seemingly contradictory one (tarjih), by taking various internal evidence from the text (matn) into consideration. Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyya (d. 751/1350), who throughout his various works has an important position in the history of Islam, has recorded - albeit in a scattered form noteworthy information about the method of tarjih. When he gave preference to a hadith for using it as evidence, he took both its chain of narrators (isnad) andtext (matn) into consideration. According to him, among the factors indicating that a hadith should be given preference is the quality and quantity of the narrators in its chain, the contentand subject of the hadith in question and the sources in which it can be foun. İn this artical, concerning preference hadiths, the criterias of İbn Qayyim have been survyed.

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