IMAM TIRMIDHI AS A MUHADDITH AND FAQIH IN THE LIGHT OF INTERNAL EVIDENCES

Abstract

The next source of Islamic law after the Holy Quran is Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). So Muslims always attach great importance to it. They made painstaking efforts to collect and preserve the Ahadith with authenticity since the Holy Prophet's life. Though the preservation of Ahadith passed through various stages but the final shape was given to it by the compilers of six authentic books (sihah sittah).  As Muslims mostly rely on these books, that was why they made their best of efforts to provide further detail of these books.

 In this article I tried to highlight on the position of Imam Tirmidhi in Hadith and Fiqah. The most important thing to be noted here that I tried to give internal evidences (the references from his own work) wherever available while talking his conditions about acceptance of Hadith , his school of thought in Fiqah, his taking benefit from the compilers of other authentic books etc. This way of research is the most reliable to get the most accurate information about someone's thoughts as internal evidences can never be denied.