Isnad Criticism Method of Ibnu’l- Kayserani el-Maqdisi in His Work "Tadkirat Al- Mawduat”

Undoubtedly, the emergence, the reason and purpose of the hadith is to identify whether narratives were properly linked to the prophet. Muhaddith scholars have identified a set of criteria regarding text and linkage for separating authentic hadiths from the weak or fabricated ones; naturally they have given priority the isnad criticism. Since the 5thcentury of hijra, the narratives which were identified as being fabricated were gathered and hence the regulation literature was formed. In recent days, the issue about which criteria should be prioritized in order to confirm the adequacy of historical process by taking hadith to prophet has been debated. This research aims to identify the isnad criticism method of Muhammad b. Tahir alMaqdisi who is famous as Ibn al Kaysarani in his work named "Tadkirat Al-Mawduat” which is among the earliest mawdu’ (fabricated) hadith books that reached us. The work, which was included in Ibn Hibban’s Kitab al-Majruhin, is examined in terms of isnad. Especially Maqdisi’s criticism criteria and method regarding criticism of narrators, jarh expressions and implications, his sources of isnad criticism, authenticity of the text are discussed