The sayings of Yazid bin Harun in Jarh wa Tadeel. Comparative Critical Study

Abstract

The subject of the research relates to collecting the sayings of Yazid ibn Harun regarding the narrators, whether they are narrated or modified, then comparing them with the sayings of the scholars. It aims to highlight the status of Yazid ibn Harun among the scholars, explain the importance of his sayings regarding the narrators and modify them, and try to limit them from his books, then know his sayings about that, and know their implications that he wanted. Including Yazid bin Harun, with an introduction to the characteristics of his approach, and the great efforts he made in serving the Sunnah of the Prophet. The research also examines the sources that wrote down his sayings about the narrators, and the researcher took the method of induction and analysis of Yazid ibn Harun’s sayings about the narrators, to present the features of his approach. The researcher reached scientific results, the most notable of which are: Yazid ibn Harun’s agreement in many of his rulings with the majority of scholars, and the emergence of Moderation in his approach to judging narrators, and his speech about them varied in terms of criticism, modification, quotation, translation, and even talk about the sciences of hadith.