One of the earliest writings to attempt to cover Ḥadīṯ methodology,is this dictionary book by al-Ṭabarānī, in which he writes Prophetic traditions narrated by his Sheiks in an alphabetical order as s One of the earliest writings to attempt to cover Ḥadīṯ methodology,is this dictionary book by al-Ṭabarānī, in which he writes Prophetic traditions narrated by his Sheiks in an alphabetical order as stated in his introduction. This book, though small volumes, is of high importance due to several reasons, amongst are being full of attributed Prophetic traditions, that are traceable to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), together with untraceable ones, either attributed narration to a Prophet companion, or a successor of Prophet companions. Furthermore, the author's narrations have various additions in the text of traditions, and therefore, scholars had made several transmissions