{"id":6847,"date":"2024-07-10T07:44:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/difference-between-tawatur-and-khabr-e-wahid\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:49:13","slug":"difference-between-tawatur-and-khabr-e-wahid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/difference-between-tawatur-and-khabr-e-wahid\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference Between Tawatur And Khabr-e Wahid"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>One of my friends claims that the distinction between <em>mutawatir<\/em> and <em>ahad<\/em> (individual-to-individual, isolated) <em>hadith<\/em> and historical reports was introduced by a certain &#8220;Bish bin Ghiyath&#8221;. He was one of the experts of <em>kalaam<\/em> (scholastic theology). He was even considered as <em>kafir<\/em>. In other words, the source of the <em>mutawaatir<\/em> vs. <em>ahaad<\/em> distinction was people of <em>bid\u2019ah <\/em>(innovation). It has been claimed that Imam Thahabi held this in <em>Siyar A\u2019lam Al-Nubala<\/em>\u2019. Please comment.<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>This  view attacks a fact on the basis that it was first discovered and  introduced by an innovator. Even if we take this claim to be true that  the distinction was first highlighted was by a certain innovator we have  to see the claim in its own right. Those who consider that <em>tawatur<\/em>  is established and absolutely authentic source of historical transfer  of knowledge do not base their view on that this or that innovator  introduced the idea. Rather they find it absolutely and conclusively  convincing. It is a fact that every rational mind understands and  acknowledges. <\/p>\n<div>This  distinction is clear to and is acknowledged by all the people in the  world working in the field of history. In Islam also all the scholars  profess and acknowledge this fact. <\/div>\n<div>Take any fiqh work, read any authentic treatise on <em>usool-e h\u0323ad\u012bth<\/em> (science of <em>hadith<\/em> criticism), consult any <em>mutakallim<\/em> and historian you would find this principle ubiquitous. From <em>Al-Radd Alaa Siyar al-Awzai<\/em> by Imam Muhammad to <em>al-Risalah<\/em>  of Imam Shafi&#8217;i all would cling to this. You will also find that the  distinction is not based on any religious argument but on established  rational facts.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-07<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6847\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my friends claims that the distinction between <em>mutawatir<\/em> and <em>ahad<\/em> (individual-to-individual, isolated) <em>hadith<\/em> and historical reports was introduced by a certain &#8220;Bish bin Ghiyath&#8221;. He was one of the experts of <em>kalaam<\/em> (scholastic theology). He was even considered as <em>kafir<\/em>. In other words, the source of the <em>mutawaatir<\/em> vs. <em>ahaad<\/em> distinction was people of <em>bid\u2019ah <\/em>(innovation). It has been claimed that Imam Thahabi held this in <em>Siyar A\u2019lam Al-Nubala<\/em>\u2019. 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