CLASSIFICATIONS OF HADITH

I. According to acceptance or rejection

• Maqbul (accepted)
• Mardud (rejected)

II. According to the number of narrators

• Mutawatir (consecutive)
• Ahad (isolated)
• Mashhur (famous)

III. According to the muntaha of the sanad (the reference of the hadith)

• Qudsi (sacred)
• Marfu’ (elevated)
• Mauquf (stopped)
• Maqtu’ (severed)

IV. According to soundness and judgment

• Sahih (sound)
• Hasan (good)
• Da’if  (weak)

              a.Regarded weak because of a break in the sanad

              b.Regarded weak, because of the disparaged character of the narrator

V. According to contradiction

• Muhkam (perfect)
• Mukhtalif (disputed)