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Using the graph
Some notes (to be updated with visuals):
- Use the search bar to search for a narrator. You do not need to use diacritics in the search. Click on one of the results to zoom in on a narrator’s node.
- Use the network icon to switch between graphs.
- Use the filter icon to filter nodes
- Use the reset icon to reset the graph to normal view
- An arrow pointing from person A to person B means that person A narrated a hadith to person B.
- Click on a node in the graph to learn basic information about them in the pop-up on the top left. Click on the “more info” link in the pop up for more in-depth information on muslimscholars.info.
- Click on an edge in the graph to learn basic information about the hadith transmitted in the pop-up on the top left. Click on the “more info” link in the pop up to read the hadith on sunnah.com
Glossary of terms
| Term | Definition |
| ﷺ | Arabic calligraphic symbol for “صلى الله عليه وسلم” or “peace be upon him,” used respectfully when the Prophet’s name is mentioned |
| Abu | Father. For example, Abu Salamah means “the father of Salamah.” |
| Ansar (singular: Ansari (m) or Ansariyyah (f)): | Literally, the “helpers,” or the group of Muslims who were already residents of Madinah, as opposed to the “Muhajirun,” or the immigrant Muslims who migrated to Madinah with the Prophet ﷺ from Makkah. |
| bint | daughter. For example, Ḥafṣah bint ʿUmar means Ḥafṣah the daughter of ʿUmar. |
| faqeeh (f. faqīhah, pl. fuqahāʾ) | someone who studies fiqh, Islamic jurisprudence. |
| fatwa | a legal opinion on Islamic jurisprudence given by a scholar |
| fiqh | Islamic jurisprudence |
| hadith | oral traditions about the Prophet’s teachings. They can be his quotes or speeches, or quotes from companion describing an action they witnessed him doing. |
| Hijrah | migration, usually in reference to the migration with the Prophet from Makkah to Madinah |
| isnad | the chain of people who narrated a hadith |
| ibn | son. For example, ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar means ʿAbdullāh the son of ʿUmar. |
| mawlā | servant. For example, Nāfiʿ mawlā ʿAbdullāh means Nāfiʿ the servant of ʿAbdullāh. |
| muḥaddith (pl. muḥaddithīn, f. muḥaddithah, f. pl. muhaddithāt) | someone who studies and/or narrates hadith. |
| ṣaḥābah | companions of the Prophet ﷺ, qualified as people who met or saw him in their lifetimes |
| sunnah | the lived practice of the Prophet ﷺ: his habits and way of life |
| Umm | mother. For example, Umm Salamah means “the mother of Salamah.” |
| Umm al-Muʾminīn | literally, “The Mother of the Believers,” a title used for the wives of the Prophet ﷺ |
| tābiʿ (f. tābiʿiyyah, pl. tābiʿīn) | the generation succeeding the companions: Muslims who never met the Prophet ﷺ but met his companions. |
| tabaʿ tābʿīn | the generation succeeding the tābiʿīn. |