Comparing the Approach of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and Badr ad-Din al-Ayni in the Interpretation of Mukhtalaf al-Hadith: An Applied Study Through Fath al-Bari and Umda al-Qari

Abstract

This article deals with a brief study of the history of the emergence of mukhtalifu'l-hadith science and its literature, as it is one of the most important types of hadith science that fuqaha`a and muhadithun need it in the deducing of the primary and secondary provisions and the explaining of the Prophetic hadiths. It includes a detailed comparative study between the approach of Hafiz bn. Hajar al-Asqalani al-Shafi`i (d. 852/1449), and Badru'd-Din al-`Ayni al-Hanafi (d. 855/1451) in the interpretation of mukhtalifu'l-hadith through Fathu'l-Bari and `Umdatu'l-Qari. it was clarified that each of them was exposed to the study of seemingly contradictory texts in the folds of the explanation of the hadiths of al-Bukhari and expanded on it and excelled in it. In addition, a glance has been shed in this article on the differences of muhadithun and fuqaha`a among the Hanafis scholars in arranging the ways of pairing in the interpretation of mukhtalifu'l-hadith in general, and Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and Badru'd-Din al-`Ayni in particular. It has been proven from the application of examples from Fathu'l-Bari and `Umdatu'l-Qari that Ibn Hajar does not expand on abrogation if it is possible to combine it, unlike Badru'd-Din al-`Ayni.