The word · Hadith
الحَافِظ
Hafiz
In hadith, a master who has memorised a very large number of reports together with their chains.
Also written · Haafiz · Hafidh · Hafidz · Huffaz · Huffadh · Hafez · Hafiz al-hadith · Hafiz hadith · Al-Hafiz
The meaning
What Hafiz means in Islam
In everyday speech today hafiz means someone who has memorised the Qur'an, and that use is fine. In hadith books it is a technical rank above muhaddith, given to men like Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, who is often called simply al-Hafiz. The word means one who guards something.
Evidence · Editorial · Our own summary, drawn from the sources named
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
Words that sit beside it
- MuhaddithA scholar of hadith who has studied the chains, the narrators and the defects, not merely read collections.المُحَدِّث
- Ilm al-RijalThe biographical science of the narrators: who they were, whom they met, and how reliable each was.عِلْمُ الرِّجَال
- Ulum al-HadithThe science of testing reports about the Prophet, deciding which are sound and which are not.عُلُومُ الحَدِيث
More from Hadith
- AdalahThe uprightness of a narrator: sane, adult, Muslim, not openly sinful, not known for shameful habits.العَدَالَة
- GharibA hadith narrated by only one person at some point in its chain.الغَرِيب
- Jami'A hadith book that covers every subject, not only law: belief, manners, tafsir, history and more.الجَامِع
- MatrukA report from a narrator the scholars abandoned, usually one accused of lying or of gross error.المَتْرُوك
- 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