Abstract:

This article focuses on the commentary method in Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali's (d. 795/1393) Jami' al-'Ulum wa'l-hikam. After briefly touching upon the life of Ibn Rajab and his position in the science of hadith, the purpose of writing this commentary, the subject and sources of hadiths in his book, and the method and sources of commentary are examined. This commentary; it is discussed under three main headings, namely in terms of technique, isnad and content, and their subheadings. In terms of technique or commentary method, verses and hadiths, sayings from the companions and their followers, Isrāiliyyāt, poetry and dreams are included. In terms of Isnad; it focuses on issues such as the explanation of the obscure or ambiguous name in the sanad or matn (text), the introduction of the narrator, the criticisms of the hadiths and the evaluation of the narrators by the terms of carh-ta'dil, the authenticity of the narrations and the irritant. In terms of content, some explanations about the fields such as creed, sufism and etiquette are mentioned, as well as the reasons for asbāb al-wurūd al-ḥadīth and the wisdom in the utterance context, the explanation of the problem and the elimination of the conflict, the explanation of unknown (gharib) words in the text of hadith and word analysis, reference to the subjects of fiqh methodology and the method of deriving the ahkam (tarīq istinbāṭ al-aḥkām).

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