Neco 2018 Islamic Religious Studies Question 21

Practice objective / multiple choice question 21 from the 2018 Neco Islamic Religious Studies examination.

Neco 2018 Islamic Religious Studies Objective / Multiple Choice Easy Difficulty
Question 21 NECO • 2018 • ISLAMIC_RELIGIOUS_STUDIES • objective

Two hadiths are compared. Hadith A is recorded in Sahih al‑Bukhari with a continuous chain of 4 trustworthy narrators. Hadith B appears in Sunan al‑Tirmidhi with a continuous chain of 3 narrators, but one of those narrators is known to have a weak memory. According to the principles of hadith criticism, which hadith is considered more reliable?

Answer Options

A. Hadith B is more reliable because it appears in Sunan al‑Tirmidhi, which is considered more authentic than Sahih al‑Bukhari.
B. Hadith A is less reliable because it has a longer chain of narrators, increasing the chance of error, whereas Hadith B has fewer narrators.
Correct Answer C. Hadith A is more reliable because it has a continuous chain of trustworthy narrators, while Hadith B contains a weak narrator.
D. Both hadiths are equally reliable since they each have continuous chains of narrators, despite the weak memory of one narrator in Hadith B.
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
Hadith A is more reliable because it has a continuous chain of trustworthy narrators, while Hadith B contains a weak narrator.

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This is Neco 2018 Islamic Religious Studies Question 21. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Neco Islamic Religious Studies examination.

Difficulty level: Easy .

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