Assalamu alaikum,
So I built Sahih Explorer for the sake of Allah, hoping it benefits students of knowledge and anyone interested in understanding how our Hadith literature was preserved. It's a new way to actually look at Hadiths and their isnad—you can explore the chains visually and study authenticity in a way that just wasn't possible before.
I've spent way too many hours staring at long chains of names in Hadith books, trying to keep track of who studied with who. At some point I thought—there has to be a better way to do this.
What finally pushed me to build something was:
The sheer volume — 24,000+ scholars, their teachers, students, family connections. I'd have notes everywhere and still lose track of everything.
How abstract it all feels — You read "so-and-so narrated from so-and-so" a thousand times and it becomes background noise. But these were actual people who traveled for months just to hear one Hadith from a specific teacher. That's insane when you stop and think about it.
The language wall — Most of this stuff is in classical Arabic. If you can't read it fluently, you're already starting way behind.
You can actually see the networks—who taught who, family trees, how a Hadith traveled from person to person across generations. Click on a scholar and see their teachers. Trace the exact sanad. Explore entire dynasties of Islamic scholarship. Verify the connections yourself.
Works in English, Arabic, and Kurdish, alhamdulillah.
Right now it covers the Sahihayn with 24,000+ scholars and their connections. It's currently in beta/testing phase and we're planning the full release for Ramadan insha'Allah. Things might be slow sometimes as we're still optimizing, but I think it already gives you a completely different appreciation for what went into preserving these narrations.
It's open source: https://github.com/h3ma209/sahih-explorer
Check it out here: Sahih-Explorer
I'd genuinely love feedback and du'a. And if you code, design, or have knowledge of Hadith sciences—please contribute. Whether it's fixing bugs, adding features, improving the data, or translating—every bit of help benefits the ummah insha'Allah. Even just spreading the word helps.
JazakAllahu khairan
