RAMHURMUZI'S TRY OF FIQH AL-HADITH IN THE FIRST WORK OF USUL AL-HADITH

Abstract

To understand Islam correctly depends on the correct understanding of the Quran and hadiths. The Prophet, who knew this truth very well, paid attention to deliver the true meaning of his remarks. As a result of his endowers, some of his Companions could obtain a skill that is the Narration-Understanding integrity which provides the true meanings of hadiths. After the death of the Prophet, as a result of new circumstances, many unexpected events occurred and different religious understandings have emerged. Therefore, the need to understand and interpret the meanings of hadiths to draw new rules for ongoing issues. Hadiths learning becomes a siignificant field of science that new schools of Hadiths have emerged based on different methodological approaches to understand the hadiths. In this context, each school that emerged tried to understand the hadiths within the framework of their own principles. Ahl al-hadith scholars spent most of their time with hadith memorization, hadith writing, collecting hadiths and classification. Hence, they were subjected to some criticism that they did not understand the narrations correctly. They were even accused of conveying hadiths without knowing the content and carrying unnecessary information. On the other hand, Ahl al-hadith scholars also showed a defense reflex and they wrote both narration and Dirkrah/Usul studies to prove that they are competent in this field. As a matter of fact, in these works they have written, they aimed to reveal fiqh al-hadith studies, which continue to be carried out before them, and also tried to show that they can have a say in this scientific field. This article is about how the subject of fiqh al-hadith is handled in this book, based on the first methodology of hadith work named al-Muhaddith al-fasil bayna al-rawi wa l-wai.