The term al-Mutawātir refers to Hadīth narrated by?

A. large number of narrators
B. the six sound collectors
C. Bukhari and Muslim
D. the Prophet’s closest companions

Correct Answer:

Option A – large number of narrators

Explanation

Al- Mutawatir is an Arabic word uptake which means “to be lowered from person to person”. This term is used in the study of Ulum al-Quran and Mustalah Hadith. According to the hadith scholars, the above hadith is narrated by more than one hundred Prophet’s companions with a hundred different sanad.