Efforts of The Hadith Scholars of Marow (Mary) In the Critique of Hadith During the III and IV Centuries AH

Abstract

This research aims to shed light on the Hadith criticism of the Hadith scholars of Marow (Mary) in the III and IV centuries of the Hijra, and the scientific movement that the Marow (Mary) region witnessed during the first two centuries of the Hijra. So, this research reviewed the introduction of Marow (Mary) and its location, ancient and modern, and highlighted the biographies of the Al-Sahaba who entered Mary, as they were the first nucleus for the spread of the Noble Hadith there, then the biographies of the Marow (Mary) Huffaz-ul-Hadith of the Holly Qur'an, and their efforts in criticizing the Noble Hadith and their methodology, and that the scholars of Marow (Mary) had great interest in the Sharia sciences in general, and in the Noble Hadith, its sciences and its criticism in particular. In this article, library, analytical, and descriptive methods are used, and considering the necessity of research, the obtained article includes an introduction, body, conclusion, and sources. In the first part of this article, the introduction of the city of Marow (Mary) in terms of its name and fame, geographical location, and scientific activities is discussed, in the second part, is dedicated to the biography of the hadith memorizers in the city of Marow (Mary), and in the third part, it deals with the method of criticism of hadith and examples of criticism. This article ends with the results obtained in this scientific process and the list of sources and references.