The word · Hadith
الضَّبْط
Dabt
The accuracy of a narrator: how well he held the report, in memory or in a guarded book.
Also written · Dhabt · Zabt · Dabit · Daabit · Dhabit · Dabt al-sadr · Dabt al-kitab · Precision · Zabt e hadith
The meaning
What Dabt means in Islam
Two kinds are recognised: precision of the chest, meaning memory, and precision of the book, meaning a written copy kept safely and not lent out carelessly. Light weakness here drops a hadith from sahih to hasan. Heavy weakness, where a man's errors outnumber his sound reports, drops it further.
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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
- AdalahThe uprightness of a narrator: sane, adult, Muslim, not openly sinful, not known for shameful habits.العَدَالَة
- HasanA hadith meeting every condition of sahih except that one narrator's accuracy falls slightly short.الحَسَن
- SahihA hadith that meets all five conditions of authenticity, with nothing missing and no hidden flaw.الصَّحِيح
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
- Jarh wa Ta'dilThe discipline of criticising or vouching for narrators, so that a chain can be judged fairly.الجَرْحُ وَالتَّعْدِيل
- 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