A Critical Study of Ja'far ibn Burqan’s Rlative Doubtful Narration from Al-Zuhari

Abstract

The study aims to alert Hadith scholars that Hadith narrator’s relative doubtful narration is not absolute. In judging Hadith narrations, the rule is to accept reliable narration and reject the weak ones. However, reliable narrations may be rejected in certain circumstances, as in the case of the Hadith narrator Ja'far ibn Burqan, his narration from Al-Zuhari, and his status among Hadith scholars. For the study purpose, the inductive and analytical approach was followed. The study is organized into an introduction and two sections. The first section discussed the theoretical aspects, while the second focused on the applied issues. The major findings revealed that doubting a Hadith’s narrator in a specific situation, age, or similar factors, did not necessarily negate the reliability of the narrator. Additionaly, the hadith narrated by Ja'far from Al-Zuhrai was not entirely rejected, as many of his narrations from Al-Zuhrai aligned with the narrations of trustworthy sources,. Only those narrations that were unique or contradicted the narrations of reliable narrators were rejected.