Tradition.
‏رِوَايَةُ الأَكَابِرِ‏

‏أَن يَروِيَ الكَبِيرُ فِي السِّنِّ أَو القَدرِ عَمَّن هُوَ دُونَهُ فِي كُلٍّ مِنهُمَا أَو فِيهِمَا.‏
Narration of the Elders : The term refers to the transmission of a narrator from someone whom he exceeds whether in age or status or in both.
‏رِوَايَةُ السَّابِقِ عَن اللَّاحِقِ‏

‏هُوَ أَن يَشتَرِكَ فِي الرِّوَايَةِ عَن شَيخٍ اِثنَانِ تَبَاعَدَ مَا بَينَ وَفَاتِهِمَا.‏
Narration of the Former from the Latter : The term applies to the transmission of two narrators, whose deaths were far apart, but who transmitted from the same elder scholar
‏سَمِعتُ‏

‏هِيَ أَرفَعُ العِبَارَاتِ وَهِيَ صَرِيحَةٌ فِي السَّمَاعِ.‏
I heard [Sami`tu] : This form is the most assured one and it indicates the act of hearing openly.
‏سُنَّةٌ‏

‏طَرِيقَةُ حَيَاةٍ.‏
Manner of Conduct
‏شُرُوطٌ‏

Stipulations
‏شَيخُ الإِسلَامِ‏

‏لَقَبٌ يُعطَى لِأَعلَمِ وَأَفقَهِ أَهلِ زَمَانِهِ وَمِنهُمُ ابنُ تَيمِيَّةَ فِي عَصرِهِ.‏
Scholar of Islam : This is a title given to the most knowledgeable person of his own era such as Ibn Taimiah.
‏صَحِيحٌ لِذَاتِهِ‏

‏هُوَ مَا اِتَّصَلَ سَنَدُهُ بِنَقلِ العَدلِ الضَّابِطِ عَن العَدلِ الضَّابِطِ إِلَى مُنتَهَاهُ مِن غَيرِ شُذُوذٍ وَلَا عِلَّةٍ.‏
Authentic by Its Own Virtue : The term refers to a hadith whose chain of narrators has been transmitted, from beginning to end, by truly pious persons who have been known for their uprightness and exactitude, and the hadith is free from eccentricity and blemish.
‏صَحِيحٌ لِغَيرِهِ‏

‏هُوَ مَا لَم يَشتَمِل عَلَى أَعلَى صِفَاتِ القَبُولِ.‏
Authentic by Virtue of Another Hadith : This term refers to a hadith deemed Good on its own virtue in the case where it is narrated by one or more chains.
‏صِفَاتُ الرُّوَاةِ‏

Narrator's characteristics
‏صِيَغُ الأَدَاءِ‏

‏هِيَ اَلصِّيَغُ المُختَلِفَةُ الَّتِي يَستَخدِمُهَا الرَّاوِي فِي رِوَايَتِهِ لِلحَدِيثِ.‏
Forms of Performance : These are the various forms used by a narrator to transmit the hadith.
‏صِيَغُ التَّحدِيثِ‏

‏جَرَى الِاصطِلَاحُ عَلَى تَخصِيصِ بَعضِ الأَلفَاظِ لِكُلِّ طَرِيقَةٍ مِن طُرُقِ التَّحَمُّلِ.‏
Forms of Transmission : The norm is that some terms are assigned to each method or way of transmitting the narration.



‏صِيغَةُ أَدَاءٍ‏

‏أَلفَاظٌ مُعَيَّنَةٌ يَنقُلُ الرَّاوِي بِهَا الحَدِيثَ وَيَروِيهِ.‏
Way of Performance : Certain formula through which the narrator transmits a hadith.
‏ضَبطُ الرُّوَاةِ‏

‏هُوَ تَثَبُّتُ كُلٍّ مِنهُم مِن الحِفظِ والسَّلَامَةِ مِن الخَطَأِ أَو الوَهمِ وَالقُدرَةِ عَلَى اِستِحضَارِ مَا حَفِظَهُ، وَيُشتَرَطُ هَذَا فِي جَمِيعِ رُوَاةِ الحَدِيثِ مِن أَوَّلِ السَّنَدِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ.‏
Verification of Narrators : It is stipulated that all narrators included in the chain of transmission have learned the narrations by heart, avoiding error and illusion, and have the ability to recall anything of what has been already memorized at any time.
‏ضَبطُ صَدرٍ‏

‏هُوَ أَن يَثبُتَ مَا سَمِعَهُ فِي صَدرِهِ بِحَيثُ يَتَذَكَّرُهُ مَتَى شَاءَ.‏
Verification through Memorizing : This term is used to indicate the act of committing something to one's heart to facilitate retrieving it whenever needed
‏آدَابُ الرِّوَايَةِ‏

Etiquette of Narration
‏آدَابُ المُحَدِّثِ‏

Etiquette of Narrator
‏آدَابُ طَالِبِ الحَدِيثِ‏

Etiquette of Hadith learner
‏أَتبَاعُ التَّابِعِينَ‏

‏هُوَ مَن لَم يَثبُت لَهُ لِقَاءُ الصَّحَابَةِ وَإِنَّمَا لَقِيَ تَابِعِيًّا فَأَكثَرَ وَأَخَذَ عَنهُ.‏
Followers of the Successors : The term applies to any of those who did not meet the Companions, but met and narrated from one or more of the Successors, i. e. , those belonging to the second generation after the Prophet.
‏أَحَادِيثُ الفَضَائِلِ‏

‏هِيَ الأَحَادِيثُ الَّتِي تَتَعَلَّقُ بِفَضَائِلِ الأَعمَالِ.‏
Hadiths of Virtues : Hadiths concerning virtuous acts.
‏أَحوَالُ الرُّوَاةِ‏

The Narrators' Status
‏أَحوَالُ الرُّوَاةِ الفِعلِيَّةُ‏

Status of narrators as derived from their deeds
‏أَحوَالُ الرُّوَاةِ القَولِيَّةُ‏

Status of narrators as derived from their sayings
‏أَصحَابُ الأُصُولِ‏

‏هُم عُلَمَاءُ أُصُولِ الفِقهِ.‏
The Scholars of the Principles of Jurisprudence : Specialists in the study of the Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence.
‏أَصحَابُ الفِقهِ‏

‏هُم عُلَمَاءُ الفِقهِ الَّذِينَ يَستَنبِطُونَ الأَحكَامَ الشَّرعِيَّةَ مِن أَدِلَّتِهَا الكُلِّيَّةِ.‏
The Scholars of Jurisprudence : The Jurists who infer legal rules and judgments from general premises.
‏أَصلٌ مَعمُولٌ بِهِ‏

‏حَدِيثٌ يُطَبِّقُ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ مِن أَحكَامٍ.‏
An Acted-Upon Principle : This is a hadith whose implications, rulings and judgments are to be carried out.