Fard
Obligatory
Wajib
Necessary
Sunna mu'akkada
Confirmed Sunnah
Mustahab
Recommended
Mubah
Permissible
Haram
Forbidden
Makruh
Disliked
Mufsid
Invalid
Usul ul fiqh
Legal rationale
Maslahah
Public interest
Ijma
Agreement between scholars
Qiyas
Analogical reasoning
Maqasid
Things that must be protected / purposes of law
Mujthahid
Leaders of a Madhab
Taqlid
Morally responsible
Mabhab
'to go' / legal school of thought
Tabi'in
followers of the Prophet (SAW)
Sahabah
Companions of the Prophet (SAW)
'Ilm Mustalah al Hadim
Hadith Terminology The system of classifying Hadith to establish authentic Hadith
'Ilm al Jarh wal Ta'dil
Grading of Reporters
Fann Asma' al Rijal
Reporter's names Names, ancestry, main events in their lives, character, honesty and memory ability
Hadith dictionaries and glossary
Produced by scholars to explain key words used in these disciplines
Sahih Muslim
" A prayer without Fatiha is incomplete."
imam Shafi
"Reciting Surah al Fatiha is Fard." Shafi Mujtahid
Imam Abu Hanifa
It is not Fard to recite Surah al Fatiha as it says in the Quran, "recite what is easy for you" Hanafi Mutjahid
Keller
"To judge on a rule of Islam on the basis of insufficient knowledge is a crime."
Imam Malik
Maliki Mujtahid
Imam Ahmad
Hanbali Mutjahid
Christopher Hitchens
Criticised Imam Bukhari for being extremely meticulous with Hadith + viewed it as negative
Dr Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi
"All these various groups of forgers have created havoc in Hadith literature. But in order to meet this great danger of forgery, and to sift the forged traditions from the true ones, the sincere and honest traditionists introduced the system of Isnad and laid down important principles."
Quranists
"There are God's signs that We recite to you with truth. So, in which Hadith, after God His signs, do they acknowledge?"
Ahmed Subhy Mansoor (Quranist)
"It isn't long before the devil compels men to corrupt the religion of God with the manipulation and with forgery. Then he compels them to create other sources which are considered divine, naturally these people are to be considered enemies of Allah... There is a sick misdemeanour which runs like poison through Bukhari's text."
Irshad Manji
Believes going back to the Quran instead of supplementing it with Hadiths. "The Quran itself contains the raw materials for the diversity of thought we are capable of. We know we don't need to go any further."