Abstract
The expressions of contest peculiar to Imam Ibn Khuzaima are six in number namely ; the opposite meaning of Hadeeth illegibility to reject or contest, I have no liability for the Hadeeth, our followers do not take his Hadeeth as an evidence, it is not a condition for us in this book and he was a nobel end wise man. It is evident that the expressions of modifications peculiar to Imam Ibn Khuzaima are five in number namely; (he is) one of the material world worshipers, (he, his) the most prominent in memorization in his time, (he is) incomparable trustworthy in his time and (x) is better in memorization two hundred times than (x).
Imam Ibn Khuzaima has a clear and straight forward approach in accepting news and judging men particularly in the expressions his uses in contest and modification which gives an indication of his meticulous search and knowledge of all affairs of the narrator who is addressing. We can see his concern about scientific fidelity by attributing critical statement to those who asserted them of previous scholars and his fidelity in admitting his unfamiliarity with some narrators.
Ibn Khuzaima used sometimes to express contest or might leave it vague in others and judge the narrator in a comprehensive statement. He used to mention expressions of contest and modification in translating sections or as a footnote.
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