The word · Hadith
ثِقَة
Thiqah
A trustworthy narrator: upright in character and accurate in memory, the two conditions held together.
Also written · Thiqa · Siqah · Siqa · Tiqah · Thiqaat · Thiqat · Thika · Reliable narrator · Thiqah thiqah · Sika · Saduq · Layyin
The meaning
What Thiqah means in Islam
Uprightness without accuracy gives you a sincere man who misremembers. Accuracy without uprightness gives you a sharp man who lies. Only both together make a thiqah. Ranks below it include saduq, meaning truthful but slightly less precise, and layyin, meaning soft or weak.
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Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- AdalahThe uprightness of a narrator: sane, adult, Muslim, not openly sinful, not known for shameful habits.العَدَالَة
- DabtThe accuracy of a narrator: how well he held the report, in memory or in a guarded book.الضَّبْط
- Jarh wa Ta'dilThe discipline of criticising or vouching for narrators, so that a chain can be judged fairly.الجَرْحُ وَالتَّعْدِيل
- SahihA hadith that meets all five conditions of authenticity, with nothing missing and no hidden flaw.الصَّحِيح
More from Hadith
- AhadAny hadith that does not reach the level of mutawatir, however strong its single chain may be.الآحَاد
- 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
- Mawdu'A fabricated report, invented and then attached to the Prophet; not really a hadith at all.المَوْضُوع
- MusannafA collection arranged by legal topic that includes Companion and follower statements alongside hadith.المُصَنَّف
- Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi's topical collection on character and worship, the hadith book most widely read by ordinary Muslims.رِيَاضُ الصَّالِحِين