What is the Status of Nawfal Ibn Abi al-Furat as a Narrator of Hadith?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
It is known that scholars such as Ibn Hibban, Ibn Hajr Asqalani, and Dhahabi considered Nawfal Ibn Abi al-Furat to be trustworthy in hadith narration; however, contemporary scholars of Jarh wa Ta‘dil considered Nawfal Ibn Abi al-Furat unknown.
My question is, what contemporary scholars of Jarh wa Ta‘dil considered Nawfal Ibn Abi al-Furat unknown in the status of hadith narration?
Your assistance in the matter will be highly appreciated, Jazak Allahu Khairan.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
It is better to go with the classical scholars’ grading of Nawfal Ibn Abi al-Furat to be considered trustworthy and his hadith narration graded as accepted than otherwise. The following website has classified his status to be unknown (majhul al-hal) and trustworthy. It would be better to send them a question.
Classifying a narrator as unreliable or weak is called: ‘Jarh’ (Criticism) while classifying him as reliable is known as ‘Ta‘dil’ (Praise). This aspect of the science of Hadith is called ‘Ilm al-Jarh wa Ta‘dil.’ This science is very intricate and is the right of a specialist only.
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
