An Explanation of the Bayquni Poem in Hadith Terminology

<p><span style=color: rgba(105 114 123 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)></span><em style=color: inherit; background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I begin with praise sending prayers upon</em></p><p><em style=color: inherit; background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Muhammad</em><span style=color: rgba(105 114 123 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> ﷺ </span><em style=color: inherit; background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>the best of Prophets sent</em><span style=color: rgba(105 114 123 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)></span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(105 114 123 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>From the most noble of sciences is the science of Hadith. It is the key to unlock the Sunna of the Prophet </span><span style=color: inherit; background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>ﷺ</span><span style=color: rgba(105 114 123 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> through his words actions qualities and tacit approvals. Allah says: Follow him so that you may be guided. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: May Allah illuminate the one who hears my speech understands it and conveys it.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(105 114 123 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>For this reason the scholars of Hadith have spared no effort to establish the principles by which to verify narrations and deduce-with the utmost precision-what can and cannot be attributed to the guide of mankind </span><span style=color: inherit; background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>ﷺ</span><span style=color: rgba(105 114 123 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>. Facilitating this quest for the beginning student the erudite Imam ʿUmar al-Bayquni al-Dimashqi (d. 1080 H.) succinctly defined thirty-four categories of Hadith in his famous thirty-four verses of poetry.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(105 114 123 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)></span><em style=color: inherit; background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Completed with goodness they are sealed!</em><span style=color: rgba(105 114 123 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)></span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(105 114 123 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Numerous commentaries upon this treatise followed of which one of the most sought after in recent times is the masterpiece we have before us written by the master [</span><em style=color: inherit; background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>hafiz</em><span style=color: rgba(105 114 123 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>] of Hadith and exegete of the Qurʾan Imam ʿAbdallah Sirajuddin al-Husayni. In his unique and eloquent style the saintly Imam takes the reader on an illuminating path of learning guiding him towards the guidance of the most beloved ﷺ. </span></p>