Biographical evaluation
ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS STUDIES TO DISTINGUISH RELIABLE FROM UNRELIABLE HADITH
Ilm ar-rijal; Narrators of hadith; Narrator of hadith; Ilm al-Rijal; Ilm al-rijal; Ilm ar-Rijal; Al-jarh wa al-ta'dil; Jarh wa ta'dil; Al-jarh wa al-ta'deel; Rijāl; Al-jarḥ wa al-taʻdīl; Rijal; Al-Jar'h wa al-ta'deel; Science of Narrators; Rijali; Rijals; Biographies of narrators; Biographies of Hadith Narrators
Biographical evaluation (; literally meaning 'Knowledge of Men' , but more commonly understood as the Science of Narrators) refers to a discipline of Islamic religious studies within hadith terminology in which the narrators of hadith are evaluated. Its goal is to establish the credibility of the narrators, using both historic and religious knowledge, in order to distinguish authentic and reliable hadiths from unreliable hadiths.