Types of Weak Hadiths and Their Importance

This article provides a scientific and theoretical analysis of the nature of weak hadiths, their terminological definition, and their main types. The study examines the distinctive features of such categories of weak hadiths as mu‘allaq, mursal, mu‘zal, munqati‘, mudallas, mawdu‘, matruk, munkar, mudraj, maqlub, muztarib, musahhaf, muharraf, shadh, and mu‘allal, as well as their relation to defects in the isnad (chain of transmission) and the matn (text).