Interactive Graph Visualization
Explore chains of narration as a dynamic, navigable network — zoom, filter, and trace paths between narrators across collections.
Isnad Graph
A computational hadith analysis platform that maps chains of narration (asanid) as an interactive, searchable graph.
Explore the Isnad GraphNarrator Profiles
Access biographical data, reliability assessments, and teacher-student relationships drawn from classical rijal literature.
Cross-Collection Search
Search narrators and hadiths across multiple collections simultaneously, with results linked to their full isnad chains.
Cross-Tradition Comparison
Compare narrator assessments and transmission pathways across Sunni and Shia scholarly traditions in a single unified graph.
Scholarly Sources
Every data point traces back to published scholarly works, ensuring academic rigor and full transparency.
Mapping the Chains of Transmission
The Isnad Graph brings computational analysis to one of the oldest systems of knowledge verification in history. Every hadith — a report of the words or actions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) — is accompanied by an isnad, a chain of narrators stretching back to an eyewitness.
Classical hadith scholars spent lifetimes cataloguing these chains, evaluating narrators, and tracing connections. The Isnad Graph makes that centuries-old scholarly tradition navigable, searchable, and visual.
How It Works
The platform ingests narrator and chain data from published scholarly sources, structures it as a graph database, and presents it through an interactive web interface. Researchers, students, and curious learners can explore the network of transmission that underpins the hadith corpus.
Who It’s For
- Researchers studying hadith sciences (mustalah al-hadith) and narrator criticism (ilm al-rijal)
- Students seeking an intuitive way to understand chains of narration
- Anyone curious about the scholarly tradition behind hadith authentication