The Methodology of Imam Taj al-Din al-Tarawi al-Adarnawi (d. 970 AH) in Presenting Prophetic Hadiths in Jam' al-Anwar fi Lujj al-Afkar wal-Bihar lil-Mu'minin al-Akhyar: Applied Models

This study focuses on examining the methodology of Imam al-Tarawi al-Adarnawi in presenting Prophetic Hadiths in his exegesis titled Jam' al-Anwar fi Lujj al-Afkar wal-Bihar lil-Mu'minin al-Akhyar, clarifying the different levels of the hadiths he cited and explaining his methodology in attributing and judging them. The study relied on two methodologies: the inductive method and the descriptive method. The study concluded the following: Firstly: Imam al-Adarnawī expanded extensively in citing Prophetic ḥadīths in his tafsīr, including authentic ḥadīths of varying levels, as well as fair (ḥasan), weak (ḍaʿīf), and fabricated (mawḍūʿ) narrations. Secondly: Imam al-Adarnawī’s method of attributing Prophetic ḥadīths is characterized by inconsistency, as a clear disparity can be observed between the first half of his tafsīr—where ḥadīths are mostly cited without source attribution—and the second half, in which greater attention is given to identifying the sources of the narrations. Thirdly: Al-Adarnawī does not engage with the technical disciplines of ḥadīth scholarship; he neither clarifies the transmission routes nor the chains of narration, nor does he discuss their continuity or interruption, nor does he address narrator criticism and validation, indicating that such matters were not among his methodological aims.