• Qawl: a reported saying of the Prophet ﷺ.
• Fiʿl: a reported action of the Prophet ﷺ.
• Taqrir: the Prophet's ﷺ reported approval or acceptance of an action.
• Hal: a reported quality or state of the Prophet ﷺ.
For this level, it is enough to recognize that a Hadith may concern any one of these four forms.