Abstract
The scholars of Hadith (muhadditheen) collected all means and chains of the all sayings of the
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). They affirmed the status of every single Hadith, reached to them
by more than one mean or mode, by pondering into its narrators’ chain in the light of principles
laid down in the science known as ilm-ul-ilal. Subsequently, the science of Islamic Jurisprudence
was founded on these foundations as chain, mode and mean of the Hadith plays primary role in
determination of reasonable solution of any new juristic issue. The Jurist cannot fully
comprehend the authority of a Hadith without looking into its chain and mode to confirm the
In the present article, those transmission of Imam Sufiyan Sauri will be discussed in which his
students had been differed in the area of chain of narrators and mode. Then, preferred
transmission out of these will be determined using the most suitable perspective of it. Moreover,
the various juristic issues will be elaborated among the Jurists in order to reveal the impacts of