کتب حدیث کی اصطلاحِ ”الجامع“ کا صحیح مسلم پر اطلاق ، تجزیاتی مطالعہ The application of the term "Al-Jāmeʿ" on Ṣaḥīḥ of Imām Muslim A critical study

Abstract

ʿUlmūl Ḥadīth is considered to be the primary source of Islamic knowledge. Since the very first century, Islamic scholars have constantly given it due respect and composed hundreds of books on various aspects of Ḥadīth and Fiqh diligently and comprehensively. When an individual studies the book of Ḥadīth thoroughly from the perspective of style and themes a term "Al-Jāmeʿ" emerges which basically means a book of Ḥadīth that has eight kinds of topics and Aḥādīth accordingly, for example:  manners, interpretation, beliefs, rules and the signs of resurrection etc. Al-Jāmeʿ al-Ṣaḥīḥ by Imām Muḥammad bin Ismāʿīl Bukhārī and Al-Jāmeʿ al-Tirmidhī by Imām Abū ʿīsā Tirmidhī are the most admired book of this kind respectively. There is no controversy about the Al-Jāmeʿ status of either of these two renowned works. On the other side, Al-Jāmeʿ al-Ṣaḥīḥ by Imām Muslim Ibn Hajjāj Qushairī is criticized for having a very short section from Tafseer containing only 34 Aḥādīth. Due to this short section which cannot be considered as a proper chapter, the status of Ṣaḥīḥ of Imām Muslim as Al-Jāmeʿ is questioned by some well-known scholars. Despite this logical criticism a great number of Islamic scholars have included Ṣaḥīḥ of Imām Muslim in the category of Al-Jāmeʿ. They cited this indistinct rationale to validate their argument that although Imām Muslim has included only 34 Aḥādīth in Kitāb al-Tafsīr, yet he has mentioned a significant number of Aḥādīth on the theme of Tafsīr of Qurān throughout his work, subsequently constructing an incredibly convincing argument in favor of Ṣaḥīḥ of Imām Muslim as "Al-Jāmeʿ". As far as the question of mentioning Aḥādīth al-Tafsīr in various chapters is concerned, the scholars have composed numerous responses. This research work fundamentally traces the reasons to support the argument of Ṣaḥīḥ of Imām Muslim as Al-Jāmeʿ by revealing those Aḥādīth mentioned in Ṣaḥīḥ of Imām Muslim regarding Quran and ʿUlmūl al-Qurān. Also, this article will invoke researchers to find out the subsidiaries of ʿUlmūl al-Qurān in those Aḥādīth.