URDU: محدثين كے ہاں قراء سبعہ كا مقام ومرتبہ اور علم حديث ميں ان كى خدمات (كتب ستہ اور مسند احمد كے تناظر ميں)

The position and status of Qura'a Saba among the narrators and their services in the Ilm-e-Hadith (In the context of Kutub-e-Satta and Musnad Ahmad)

Abstract

By Qura the researcher means those Qura whose recitation styles and narrations are studied and taught in the different quarters of the world and who are known as Qura Saba (سبعہ). They are seven imams each with two Ravi’s. They are twenty-one Qura in total. The services of these imams have been highlighted in the light of the following seven Ahadith books: Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan al-Nasai and Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal. How many people have reported them and what is the standard of the weakness and soundness of those narrators have also been discussed in this article. The status of these Qura has been explained in the light of the commentary of Muhadithin. Whether Ahadith critics have declared them thiqa or weak or have declared them as average sadooq. The most important thing is that there is no one weak reporter in these imam qura. Five out of ten imam qura are ranked as thiqa and five sadooq. And among the narrators of these qura four are thiqa, seven sadooq, and only two are weak reporters. There is silence about the remaining four reporters of these qura. The reason is that there is no hadith reported from them. Because of all this their religious and scholarly authenticity could be determined. It also proves that all the Qura are not weak reporters. Only two of the Saba (سبعہ) are weak. The narrations of these Saba (سبعہ) Qura are confined to reporting the Holy Quran but they have also reported about every part of fiqh and they have been utilized and refered to. They have reported about every part of sharia whether it is related to Aqaid (Islam, Eman, Tauheed o Risallat or worships  or dealings or ethics. The narrations of Mukasereen have been particularly utilized and have been benefited from.