Hadith of warning Hadith of warning The Hadith of Warning or Yawm al-Inzar (), also known as Invitation of the close families of Muhammad (دعوة ذو العشیرة - Da‘wat dhul-‘Ashīrah) is an event that took place in the fourth year of Islam. Shias use this hadith to prove Ali ibn Abi Talib's claim as the rightful successor to Muhammad. Muhammad invited people to Islam in secret for three years before he started inviting them publicly. In the fourth year of Islam, when Muhammad was commanded to invite his closer relatives to come to Islam he gathered the Banu Hashim clan in a ceremony.
Introduction to the Science of Hadith adding six terms in the process). The first pertains to the "matn" (text) of the hadith and its three divisions and 30 types. The three divisions are "ṣaḥīḥ", "ḥasan", and "ḍa`īf". The thirty types include those mentioned in hadith terminology and others. The second deals with the "isnād" (chain of narration) and comprises 11 types. These types generally fall within the discipline of biographical evaluation. The third category includes six types: the qualifications necessary for conveying hadith, the manners in which they are transmitted, the transcription of hadith, and the etiquette of the narrator and of the student. The fourth