Dirayat al-hadith: Difference between revisions

In Shiite hadiths, the word 'diraya', taken to mean a comprehension of hadiths, has been used in contrast with 'riwaya', which means the mere narration of a hadith. Such hadiths emphasize the necessity of understanding hadiths, the superiority of understanding hadiths over merely narrating them, and the low number of people who understand hadiths as opposed to those who just narrate them.

It seems that the use of the word "diraya" in these hadiths has been very influential in the emergence and terminology of "diraya al-hadith" among Shiite scholars.