The word · Hadith
المَشْهُور
Mashhur
A hadith carried by three or more narrators at each stage, well known but short of mutawatir.
Also written · Mashoor · Mashhoor · Meshhur · Mashhour · Mustafid · Mustafeed · Famous hadith · Mashhur hadith · Mashhoor hadeeth
The meaning
What Mashhur means in Islam
The word simply means famous, and there is a trap in it. People also say mashhur for a saying famous on everybody's tongue, and many of those have weak chains or none at all. Fame among the public and fame in the chains are two different things.
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Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- MutawatirA report carried at every stage by so many people that they could not all have agreed on a lie.المُتَوَاتِر
- AzizA hadith which at no stage of its chain has fewer than two narrators.العَزِيز
- GharibA hadith narrated by only one person at some point in its chain.الغَرِيب
- La asla lahuA verdict meaning the saying has no chain at all, so it cannot even be graded.لَا أَصْلَ لَهُ
More from Hadith
- AdalahThe uprightness of a narrator: sane, adult, Muslim, not openly sinful, not known for shameful habits.العَدَالَة
- Hadith QudsiA hadith in which the Prophet reports words from Allah that are not part of the Qur'an.الحَدِيثُ القُدْسِيّ
- Jami'A hadith book that covers every subject, not only law: belief, manners, tafsir, history and more.الجَامِع
- MawqufA report that stops at a Companion: his own statement or action, not attributed to the Prophet.المَوْقُوف
- MusnadEither a hadith with a connected chain reaching the Prophet, or a book arranged by narrating Companion.المُسْنَد
- Sahih al-BukhariThe collection of Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari, held to be the soundest book after the Qur'an.صَحِيحُ البُخَارِيّ