دی اسکالر (Dec 2022)
Reasons for repetition of Mutoon and Asanid in Sahih Bukhari (A research study)
Abstract
Sahih Bukhari has the honor of being the most correct book after the Book of Allah. This book is not only the result of 16 years of hard work of Imam Bukhari, it is also a proof of his sincerity and academic status. One of the features of this book is its repetition in Mutoon (متون) and Asaneed (اسانید). Undoubtedly, this repetition mentioned by Imam Bukhari is not without purpose but there are many wisdoms hidden in it. If you look at the repetition of the chain of transmission, then one of the motives behind it is to prove the connection of the Mo`an`an (معنعن) tradition. That is to say, those narrators who have narrated the narration from “An” (عن) prove that they have listened to their own Shaykh by quoting other Asanads. Thus, there is no objection to the hadith. Another reason for the repitition of Asanid is that the traditions have risen from Ghrabat (غرابۃ) to fame. This means that the narrator who narrates the narration is alone in some degree, he uses other sources to prove that there are other narrators, in this way, the tradition is further strengthened. The third purpose of the repetition of Asanid is to eliminate the difference between the Moqoof (موقوف) and Marfoo` (مرفوع) traditions. Therefore, in one place he narrates the Moqoof narration and in the second place he narrates it as a Marfoo` narration, so that it can be proved that it is also proven as a Marfoo`. This was a matter of repetition in Asanid and if the reasons for the repetition of the texts are examined, it becomes clear that an important reason for the repetition of the text is the inference of jurisprudential issues, what is meant is that if a hadeeth contains a number of issues, then they have copied it in different books and chapters and deduced more than one issue from it. Similarly, one of the reasons for the repetition of texts is that sometimes the narrators of a hadith narrate the same hadith with more or less words, so Imam Bukhari brings the same hadith again and again, so that additional problems can be deduced from the extra words contained in it. In addition, one of the reasons for the repetition of Matan is that he wants to prove the legitimacy of the Riwayat Bil Ma`na (روایت بالمعنی). It is clear from the above lines that the repetition of the Ahadith in Sahih Bukhari is not in vain but contains many benefits and wisdoms.
