Journal of Islamic Studies > Volume 26, No. 1, 2014

Reasons for Neglecting Hadith Conveyance / Saleh Nemran Naser AL–Harthi

This research studies the reasons why people neglect the narration of the Hadiths they hear and why they neglect the
conveyance of Hadiths. It also provides related evidences and examples. It aims to identify the underlying reasons in order to know the
public and private circumstances of the Hadith people that were distracted from Hadith narration and to show the dangerous implications of
neglecting Hadith conveyance. The research applies deductive and inductive approaches. The most important findings of the research are: the
mission of Hadith narrators is basically acting on Hadiths and conveying them to others; hence, neglecting the conveyance of Hadiths is
against the mission; the study shows the implications of neglecting Hadith conveyance for the Muslim nation at the time of narration with
respect to gaps in narration and to the status of chain of narrators. The research recommends that attention be given to writing the biographies
of those that received Hadiths but did not pursue their mission. Writing about them will help identify their numbers and know why scholars
used the term tark attahdeeth (deserting Hadith conveyance,.