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The sanad occupies an essential position in determining the quality of a hadith tradition. Criticism of the hadith sanad has two specific objects: the existence of each set of narrators and the symbols used in the transmission process. Some mistakes often occur when conducting sanad criticism, namely in the aspect of misunderstanding the narrator in question, which has implications for the conclusion of the quality of the hadith, which should be of da'if quality, but because of an error in determining the narrator it is made sahih. To minimize such mistakes, the critical thing to note is to consider and be more observant when there is a hadith narrator whose nickname is mentioned or often called kuniyah and laqab. The kuniyah is generally attributed to a person's lineage, while the laqab is a nickname that describes a person's character, physical characteristics, or characteristics. This step is taken to fulfill the elements of the rules of validity of the hadith sanad, namely the aspect of 'illat because the essence of weighing 'illat is a form of caution in criticizing the sanad. So that in the process of criticizing the hadith sanad, a researcher needs the help of book sources related to the discussion of the kuniyah and each laqab narrator, such as the book of al-Kunya wa al-Asma'. This type of research is library research, by referring to books, journals, and other literature, and this research is also descriptive qualitative

Kuniyah; laqab; sanad criticism