The word · Hadith
العَزِيز
Aziz
A hadith which at no stage of its chain has fewer than two narrators.
Also written · Azeez · Aziiz · Aziz hadith · Azeez hadeeth · Two narrators · Aaziz · Azeez hadith · Aziz hadeeth · Azeez hadis
The meaning
What Aziz means in Islam
The word here means scarce, hard to come by. Aziz sits between gharib, which has a single narrator somewhere in the chain, and mashhur, which has three or more. The category counts how many routes exist; it does not by itself say whether the hadith is sound.
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Rooms that name it
Words that sit beside it
- GharibA hadith narrated by only one person at some point in its chain.الغَرِيب
- MashhurA hadith carried by three or more narrators at each stage, well known but short of mutawatir.المَشْهُور
- MutawatirA report carried at every stage by so many people that they could not all have agreed on a lie.المُتَوَاتِر
- AhadAny hadith that does not reach the level of mutawatir, however strong its single chain may be.الآحَاد
More from Hadith
- AdalahThe uprightness of a narrator: sane, adult, Muslim, not openly sinful, not known for shameful habits.العَدَالَة
- HafizIn hadith, a master who has memorised a very large number of reports together with their chains.الحَافِظ
- Jarh wa Ta'dilThe discipline of criticising or vouching for narrators, so that a chain can be judged fairly.الجَرْحُ وَالتَّعْدِيل
- MawqufA report that stops at a Companion: his own statement or action, not attributed to the Prophet.المَوْقُوف
- MusnadEither a hadith with a connected chain reaching the Prophet, or a book arranged by narrating Companion.المُسْنَد
- Sahih al-BukhariThe collection of Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari, held to be the soundest book after the Qur'an.صَحِيحُ البُخَارِيّ