The word · Hadith
المَقْلُوب
Maqlub
A hadith in which something has been switched, such as two narrators' names or two halves of a sentence.
Also written · Maqloob · Maklub · Makloob · Qalb · Maqlub hadith · Maqloob hadeeth · Inverted hadith · Switched chain
The meaning
What Maqlub means in Islam
The word means turned over. Sometimes the swap is an honest slip; sometimes it was deliberate, done to test a scholar's memory or to make a chain look more impressive. A well known account describes the scholars of Baghdad testing al-Bukhari with deliberately switched chains, and his returning each text to the chain it belonged to.
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Words that sit beside it
- MudrajA hadith with words inserted into it, usually a narrator's explanation that later sounded like the Prophet's speech.المُدْرَج
- IllahA hidden flaw in a hadith that looks sound on the surface, found only by expert comparison.العِلَّة
- Sahih al-BukhariThe collection of Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari, held to be the soundest book after the Qur'an.صَحِيحُ البُخَارِيّ
- IsnadThe chain of narrators who carried a hadith, listed name by name back to its source.الإِسْنَاد
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
- Mawdu'A fabricated report, invented and then attached to the Prophet; not really a hadith at all.المَوْضُوع
- MusnadEither a hadith with a connected chain reaching the Prophet, or a book arranged by narrating Companion.المُسْنَد
- SahihA hadith that meets all five conditions of authenticity, with nothing missing and no hidden flaw.الصَّحِيح