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The Bayquniyyah Poem

Bayqouniyya text in English – متن البقونية By Imam al-Bayquini

THE BAYQUNIYYAH POEM : AN INTRODUCTION TO HADITH TERMINNOLOGY 

أبدأ بالحمد مصليا على  – محمد خير  نبي أرسلا

I begin with praise while invoking prayer upon -Muhammad, the best Prophet ever sent. 

وذي من أقسام الحديث عدة – وكل واحد أتى وحده 

And these are a number of the divisions of Hadīth – while each one has come and its definition. 

أولها الصحيح و هو ما اتصل-   إسناده ولم يشد أو يعل 

The first of them is the Sahīh (tradition) and it is what has connected – its chain, and has displayed neither solitariness nor weakness. 

يرویه عدل ضابط عن مثله – معتمد في ضبطه ونقله 

A virtuous and perceptive person narrates it from one like himself – while being reliable in his perceptiveness and transmission. 

و (الحسن) المعروف طرقا وغدت –  رجاله لا كالصحيح  اشتهرت 

And the Hasan (tradition) is the one whose chains of narration are known and there have  come – its transmitters well known, (but) not like (those of) the Sahīh (tradition). 

و كل ما عن ورتبة الحسن قصر-  فهو (الضعيف) وهو أقساما كثر 

And all of what falls short of the rank of goodness (Husn) – then it is Da’īf. And it is of many divisions. 

وما أضيف للبي (المرفوع)  – وما لتابع هو (المقطوع) 

And what is attributed to the Prophet is (called) Marfū’ – And what is (attributed) to the Successor is (called) Maqtū’. 

و (المسند المتصل الإسناد من  – راويه حتى المصطفى ولم يبين 

And the Musnad (tradition) is what is connected from – its narrator up to Mustafā and hasn’t been severed. 

و ما بسمع كل راو يتصل  – إسناده للمصطفی فالمتصل 

And what by every narrator hearing (it) connected is – its chain to Mustafā then it is Muttasil.