The study deals with the discussion about the validity of hadîth about “the most despised matter by God is divorce” and its invalidity as well as the implication of each status of sahîh and da‘îf which rests in the hadîth towards the concept of lawfulness and detestation of divorce. For certain group of people this hadîth might seem wise, since it would be able to significantly decre…
Critical studies of hadith do not always aim at arguing against the legitimacy of hadith as one of the sources of Islamic Law. Nor do it doubt-like many orientalist would do the authenticity of the hadith as a source of Islamic teaching. Critical studies of hadith are about investigating the accuracy and validity of the narration chain. Considering that many hadiths take a long period of time b…