The word · Hadith
العَدَالَة
Adalah
The uprightness of a narrator: sane, adult, Muslim, not openly sinful, not known for shameful habits.
Also written · Adala · Adaalah · Adalat · Adaalat · Adl · Aadalah · Uprightness · Adil · Adalah of narrator
The meaning
What Adalah means in Islam
Adalah is about character, not perfection. A narrator does not need to be a saint, but he must not be known for lying, for open sin, or for behaviour suggesting he does not care what people think of him. It is one half of being thiqah. The other half is dabt.
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Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- ThiqahA trustworthy narrator: upright in character and accurate in memory, the two conditions held together.ثِقَة
- DabtThe accuracy of a narrator: how well he held the report, in memory or in a guarded book.الضَّبْط
- Jarh wa Ta'dilThe discipline of criticising or vouching for narrators, so that a chain can be judged fairly.الجَرْحُ وَالتَّعْدِيل
More from Hadith
- AhadAny hadith that does not reach the level of mutawatir, however strong its single chain may be.الآحَاد
- Hadith QudsiA hadith in which the Prophet reports words from Allah that are not part of the Qur'an.الحَدِيثُ القُدْسِيّ
- Jami'A hadith book that covers every subject, not only law: belief, manners, tafsir, history and more.الجَامِع
- Mawdu'A fabricated report, invented and then attached to the Prophet; not really a hadith at all.المَوْضُوع
- MusannafA collection arranged by legal topic that includes Companion and follower statements alongside hadith.المُصَنَّف
- Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi's topical collection on character and worship, the hadith book most widely read by ordinary Muslims.رِيَاضُ الصَّالِحِين