The present paper is concerned with hadith sciences. The author first gives a brief account of related sciences such as knowledge of rijal (chain of authorities), hadith scholarship, hadith terminology, history of hadith, source analysis and etc. He then comes up with their definitions along with an explanation of their associated fields and finally deals with the most important issues concerning these disciplines.

Key Words: Hadith, Hadith Sciences, Rijal (Chain of Authorities), Hadith Scholarship, Hadith Terminology, History of Hadith, Source Analysis.

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