Ibn Hibban and The Mudallisin’s Narrations in his Book al-Sahih: Rule, Motive and Methodology

Tadlis i.e concealing the narrators is an illlah\udi.e. a concealed flaws that is an obstruction for\uda Hadith to be classified as authentic in the\udscience of Hadith,. A Hadith, which has Tadlis\udin its sanad (the chain of narration) will be\udclassified as dhaif (weak). Ibn Hibban was one\udof the muhaddithin who has compiled authentic\udhadiths in his book al-Taqasim wa al-Anwa’. In\udthis book, he has put conditions in accepting the\udauthenticity of Hadith narrated by a mudallis.\udAfter the study has been carried out, it shows\udthat Ibn Hibban not only stipulated rules for\udthe narrations of mudallisin, but he also has\udhis own motive when putting them in his book\udand methodology while dealing with them.\udHence, this research is intended to explain this\udmatter. An analytical and critical methods will\udbe utilized for the purpose of this study. It also\udfocuses on the definition of tadlis according to\udIbn Hibban and its comparison to other scholars\udof hadith