Talk:Silsilah

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[edit] Historic Importance

Silsila can be of a partial knowledge or a book as well. All Hafiz (memorizers of Quran), Muhaddiths (narrators of Hadiths), Qaries (reciters of Quran with correct accent and pronounciation) are given a chain of credible narrators linking to Prophet Muhammed.

An example of Hadith's silsila is Imam Al-Bukhari's declaration that the most authentic chain of narrators (Isnad) is that of Malik by way of Nafi` by way of Ibn `Umar. Al-Bukhari described this chain as the Golden Chain (Al-Silsilah Al-Dhahabiyyah).

Even today, when there are formal religious schools known as Madrasah, traditional madrassas will mention in their certification, the chain of masters linking to Prophet Muhammed.

has nothing to do with Sufism, I studied it. --The Brain 15:38, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Madrasah

Madrasah (Arabic: مدرسة) is the Arabic word for school. Any school, not just religious schools, Google's language tools try copy & paste مدرسة then translate from Arabic to Engllish it'll read school. The other way around school translates to المدرسة the extra two letters mean (the), s it translates to the school. --The Brain 15:38, 23 November 2006 (UTC)