The word · Hadith
مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْه
Muttafaq alayh
Reported by both al-Bukhari and Muslim, which is the highest ordinary grade of authenticity.
Also written · Muttafaq alaih · Muttafaqun alayh · Muttafaqun alayhi · Mutafaq alaih · Muttafaq alayhi · Agreed upon · Agreed upon hadith · Muttafaqun alaih
The meaning
What Muttafaq alayh means in Islam
The phrase means agreed upon. In most books it refers to the two of them together, narrating through the same Companion. Some authors stretch it to include the Musnad of Ahmad as well, so it is worth checking what a particular writer means by it.
Evidence · Editorial · Our own summary, drawn from the sources named
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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
- SahihA hadith that meets all five conditions of authenticity, with nothing missing and no hidden flaw.الصَّحِيح
- HukmThe verdict placed on a hadith, such as sahih, hasan, weak or fabricated.الحُكْم
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
- MatnThe actual wording of a hadith, the part that comes after the chain of narrators.المَتْن
- Munqati'A chain with a break in it: a narrator missing somewhere in the middle.المُنْقَطِع
- Riwayah bi al-Ma'naNarrating a hadith in one's own words while keeping its meaning, rather than the exact wording.الرِّوَايَةُ بِالمَعْنَى