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What is meant by the terms Sanad and Matan in Hadith studies?
Amina Inloes

Sanad is who related the hadith (chain of narrators) and matn is the text/content of the hadith.

Hope that helps!

 
Can someone demonstrate the authenticity of the hadith, 'I and Ali are of the same light', through its chain of narrators?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

This Hadeeth was narrated from the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) by two great companions; Salman and Abu Tharr and it was narrated from them by chain of authentic narrators mentioned in Sunni and Shia books. One of the Shia sources mentioned the chain of authentic narrators is Biharul Anwar, V. 5, .26.

It is narrated also by many leading Sunni scholars like:

1.  Al- Haafidh Al-Kanji in Kifayat al-Taalib, P. 260 from Jabir Ibn Abdillah Al-Ansari.

2. Al-Khawarizmi al-Shaafi'ee in al-Manaaqib , P87.

3.Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi in Tathkirat al-Khawaas, P. 52.

4. Al-Thahabi in Meezan al-E'tidaal 2/235.

5. Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalaani in Lisaan al-Meezan 

6. Al-Qondoozi al-Hanafi in Yanabee'§ al-Mawaddah , P.83 in the old edition.

7. Muhyiddin al-Tabari in Al-Riyadh al-Nadhirah 2/164.

and many others.

Wassalam. 
Can someone demonstrate the authenticity of Hadith al-Noor through its chain of narrators?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Hadeeth Al-Noor can be the famous Hadeeth narrated by Ibn Abbas from the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) stating: The first who was created by Allah was the Noor of the Prophet Muhammad. This Hadeeth is narrated in many Sunni and Shia books.

There is another Hadeeth from the Prophet (SAWA) stating: My self and Ali were created from one Noor أنا وعلي ٬تم نور واحد.

Please specify which Hadeeth is meant in your question.

Wassalam.
It has been suggested that Sunni hadith collections seem to have many politically motivated fabrications and problematic narrators classed as reliable. Are Shi'a scholars stricter than Sunni scholars when it comes to grading of hadith?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Our Shia scholars are always very strict in assessing every narration by studying and assessing every narrator
of every Hadeeth. There is no scope in our books of Hadeeth to accept
any narration or consider any narration which is politically motivated
as our leading scholars in our history stood against every tyrant
ruler whether he was a Sunni or a Shia. So no narration is accepted if
there is s slightest doubt that it is fabricated for the sake of
pleasing the rulers or justifying their wrong deeds.

Wassalaam.