The word · Hadith

الحَسَن

Hasan

A hadith meeting every condition of sahih except that one narrator's accuracy falls slightly short.

Also written · Hassan · Hasen · Hasan hadith · Hasan hadeeth · Hasan li-dhatihi · Hasan lidhatihi · Good hadith · Hasen hadis

The meaning

What Hasan means in Islam

Hasan means good. It is a working grade: acceptable as evidence in law, one step below sahih. Al-Tirmidhi made the term widely used, and later scholars spent great effort defining it, since the line between light weakness and real weakness is a matter of trained judgement.

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