Differences among Earlier and Later Narrators Regarding Ahahith Za’eef

The Muslims agree that the Sunnah of the Prophet Muammad (SAW) is the second of the two revealed fundamental sources of Islam, after the Glorious Qur'an. The authentic Sunnah is contained within the vast body of Aha’dith literature. A Aha’dith is composed of two parts: the matn (text) and the isn’ad (chain of reporters). A text may seem to be logical and reasonable but it needs an authentic isn’ad with reliable reporters to be acceptable. If a Aha’dith doesn’t have an authentic isn’ad is called "Za’eef"(Weak) Hadith, but there are differences in the terminology of “Aha’dith Za’eef” between earlier (mutaqaddimeen) and later (muta'akhireen) narrators. In this article, we will discuss the difference between mutaqaddimeen and muta'akhireen about “Aha’dith Za’eef”.