When a hadith is conveyed, the narrators use one of the following terms to indicate to us ‘how’ the narration reached them. Ibn Hajar explains the various forms in his work, Nukhbat al-Fikr: Sami’tu سَمِعْتُ (I heard) This form is used by someone who heard the hadith directly one-on-one from the narrator. It also denotes…Continue reading Hadith: Forms of Conveyance