LessonsMutawātir Hadith: Many Narrators and Four ConditionsQuiz

When a Hadith fulfils the conditions of tawātur, it gives certain knowledge, not merely the thought that it might be true.

This is called ʿilm qaṭʿī badīhī (علمِ قطعی بدیہی): certainty arising from the report reaching us in this way.1

1. Qaṭʿī (قطعی): certain. Badīhī (بدیہی): knowledge arising from this manner of transmission, without needing to construct a separate argument to reach it.

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Mutawātir Hadith gives certainty

Mutawātir Hadith: Many Narrators and Four Conditions

When a Hadith fulfils the conditions of tawātur, it gives certain knowledge, not merely the thought that it might be true.

This is called ʿilm qaṭʿī badīhī (علمِ قطعی بدیہی): certainty arising from the report reaching us in this way.1

1. Qaṭʿī (قطعی): certain. Badīhī (بدیہی): knowledge arising from this manner of transmission, without needing to construct a separate argument to reach it.