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ABBREVIATIONS

All references given without an indication of the name are to the Holy Qur'ān, the first figure representing the number of the chapter and the second the number of the verse.

Words uttered by the Holy Prophet are throughout given within inverted commas.

In the references to Hadīth collections, the first number represents the number of the book and the second the number of the chapter, except in the case of the Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal where the first figure stands for the volume and the second for the page. In all references to the Mishkāt, the name of the collection from which the Mishkāt has taken the particular hadīth is also indicated.

AD

stands for

Abū Dāwūd

Ah

"

Musnad of Ahmad

B

"

Bukhārī

DQ

"

Dāra Qutnī

Fr

"

al-Farā id al-Durriyyah

H

"

A Manual of Hadīth

h

"

hadīth

IM

"

Ibn Mājah

LL

"

Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

M

"

Muslim

Msh

"

Mishkāt

Mt

"

Muwatta'

N

"

Nihāyah

Ns

"

Nasā'ī

R

"

Mufradāt of Rāghib

Tr

"

Tirmidhī

v

"

verse (of the Holy Qur'ān)

 


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