Methods of Hadith Falsification

According to historical documents and consensus of Islamic scholars, forged hadith is an old phenomenon of Islamic hadith heritage which dates back to the early Islam. This phenomenon can be viewed from different perspectives such as: time of forging hadith, initiators of forging hadith, causes of forging hadith, forgers of hadith, and so forth, but the author of this paper views only one of these aspects viz. methods of forging hadith The author in this article tries to show the method used by the forgers and how they made up hadiths. Sources used by the forgers of hadith and the contents of forged hadith are other issues discussed in this article.