The word · Hadith
المُسْتَدْرَك
Mustadrak
Al-Hakim's supplement, gathering hadiths he judged to meet the standards of al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Also written · Al-Mustadrak · Mustadrak al-Hakim · Mustadrek · Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn · Al-Hakim · Hakim al-Naysaburi · Mustadrak Hakim · Mustadarak
The meaning
What Mustadrak means in Islam
A mustadrak is a book that makes up what an earlier author left out. Al-Hakim al-Naysaburi compiled his late in life and never finally revised it, and later scholars including al-Dhahabi found him lenient. A grading of sahih from al-Hakim alone is therefore treated as a starting point for checking rather than as a settled verdict.
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Words that sit beside it
- SahihaynThe two Sahihs, of al-Bukhari and Muslim, the most rigorously screened collections in Sunni Islam.الصَّحِيحَان
- HukmThe verdict placed on a hadith, such as sahih, hasan, weak or fabricated.الحُكْم
- TakhrijTracing a hadith to the books that recorded it, gathering its chains, and then grading it.التَّخْرِيج
- Jarh wa Ta'dilThe discipline of criticising or vouching for narrators, so that a chain can be judged fairly.الجَرْحُ وَالتَّعْدِيل
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
- IsnadThe chain of narrators who carried a hadith, listed name by name back to its source.الإِسْنَاد
- MatrukA report from a narrator the scholars abandoned, usually one accused of lying or of gross error.المَتْرُوك
- MursalA Tabi'i quotes the Prophet directly, leaving out the Companion who actually heard it.المُرْسَل
- Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi's topical collection on character and worship, the hadith book most widely read by ordinary Muslims.رِيَاضُ الصَّالِحِين