Hadith of position meaning "report", "account" or "narrative". Hadith are second only to the Quran in developing Islamic jurisprudence, and regarded as important tools for understanding the Quran and commentaries ("tafsir") on it. The hadith literature is based on spoken reports that were in circulation in society after the death of Muhammad. Unlike the Quran itself, which was compiled under the official direction of the early Islamic State in Medina, the hadith reports were not compiled by a central authority. Hadith were evaluated and gathered into large collections during the 8th and 9th centuries, generations after the death of Muhammad, after the end
Introduction to the Science of Hadith clarify that term and not necessarily establish it. He also distinguished his book by responding to the positions of other scholars in a detailed manner. Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ mentioned in his introduction to the "Introduction" 65 chapters, each specific to a particular type or term of hadith terminology before saying that an even larger number was conceivable. He began by discussing "ṣaḥīḥ" (authentic) as the first category, and then "ḥasan" (good) as the second, "ḍa`īf" (weak) the third, "musnad" (supported) the fourth and so on. Ibn Jamāʻah, in his abridgement, divided these terms into four different categories according to subject (and