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# Hadith Science at a Glance: Chains, Grades and Collections
- URL: https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/hadith-science-at-a-glance/
- Published: 2026-11-11T04:17:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T04:17:24.000Z
- Description: How hadith were carried, checked and graded, drawn as pictures: a chain taken apart, the grading scale, the Sunni and Shiʿi collections on a timeline, the five rulings, the academic debate, and a searchable glossary.
- Author: Sarge Siddiqui
- Tags: Deen, Law, Schools and Hadith, Interactive Tools

New to the Qur'an? Start with [The Qur'an: What It Is, How It Came Down, and How It Was Kept](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/the-quran/), then read [Muhammad ﷺ: A Life](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/prophet-muhammad/). All articles: [Deen: Start Here](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/deen/).

Deen · Interactive · عِلْمُ الْحَدِيث

How the Prophet's ﷺ words and actions were carried, checked and graded, from one narrator's memory to the great collections, and the arguments still had about it, laid out as pictures and short cards. The long articles go deeper; this is the map.

The full articles: [How a Hadith Is Judged](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/how-a-hadith-is-judged/) · [The People Behind the Hadith](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/hadith-narrators-and-chains/) · [The Hadith Collections: A Complete Tree](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/hadith-collections/)

Sources 

Hadith: sunnah.com. Figures for the collections are the ones traditionally given and vary with how repeats are counted. Al-Kāfī's breakdown is the classical count by Zayn al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī (al-Shahīd al-Thānī); later scholars proposed other splits.

A study aid. For the grading of a particular hadith, ask a scholar of hadith.

**Spotted a mistake, or know a better source?** I check and correct these pages when readers point things out. Please email [mohammad.siddiqui@icloud.com](mailto:mohammad.siddiqui@icloud.com?subject=Correction%3A%20Hadith%20Science%20at%20a%20Glance%3A%20Chains%2C%20Grades%20and%20Collections) with the passage, what you think is wrong, and your source (Qur'an reference, hadith with collection and number, or a book with page).

Related reading

- [how-a-hadith-is-judged](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/how-a-hadith-is-judged/)
- [hadith-narrators-and-chains](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/hadith-narrators-and-chains/)
- [hadith-collections](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/hadith-collections/)
- [Deen: Start Here](https://www.mohammadsiddiqui.com/deen/deen/), every article and tool