Iraqi Hadith Schools and the Efforts of their Scholars in the Service of Hadith Sciences in the First Three Hijri Centuries

Abstract

Islam scholars, over the centuries, concerned in collecting the prophetic Hadiths and narrating them, in addition to the studying of Hadiths contain due to their legislative importance in Islamic principles. Hadith Narrators conducted narration councils in mosques to narrate Hadith from either their memories or from their documented books. These narration councils became the first kernels for the establishment of Hadith schools in various Islamic cities. This research introduces the Iraqi schools of Hadith during the first three centuries, which are Basra School, Kufa School, Wasit School and Baghdad School characteristics of each school, their role in the rooting and publishing of Hadith science, and the most famous Iraqi narrators. As we did not find a comprehensive research about the impact of Iraqi schools of Hadith This research started with introducing the Iraqi schools of Hadith, characteristics of each school, their role in the rooting and publishing of Hadith science, and the most famous Iraqi narrators. The research also showed the early care of Iraqi scholars in the sciences of hadith - narration and knowledge - and concluded with confirming that the Iraqi scholars had a great impact in establishing and rooting the sciences of Hadith.