The word · Hadith
المَرْفُوع
Marfu'
A report attributed to the Prophet himself, whether or not the chain reaching him is complete.
Also written · Marfu · Marfoo · Marfooa · Merfu · Marfu hadith · Marfoo hadeeth · Raised hadith · Marfoo'
The meaning
What Marfu' means in Islam
Marfu' means raised. It describes where a report ends up, not how strong it is, so a marfu' hadith may be sahih or weak. It is contrasted with mawquf, which stops at a Companion, and maqtu', which stops at a follower.
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Words that sit beside it
- MawqufA report that stops at a Companion: his own statement or action, not attributed to the Prophet.المَوْقُوف
- Maqtu'A statement belonging to a Tabi'i, one of the generation after the Companions, traced no further back.المَقْطُوع
- MusnadEither a hadith with a connected chain reaching the Prophet, or a book arranged by narrating Companion.المُسْنَد
- MuttasilA chain in which every narrator genuinely took the report from the one named before him.المُتَّصِل
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
- Ilm al-RijalThe biographical science of the narrators: who they were, whom they met, and how reliable each was.عِلْمُ الرِّجَال
- 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
- Sahih al-BukhariThe collection of Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari, held to be the soundest book after the Qur'an.صَحِيحُ البُخَارِيّ