This document discusses the importance of understanding the fiqh (jurisprudence) of hadith after authenticating hadith. It notes that many early hadith scholars like Zuhri, Ibn al-Mubarak and Ahmad ibn Hanbal were also experts in fiqh derived from hadith. It explains that later hadith scholars like Bukhari, Muslim and Abu Dawud combined expertise in hadith transmission with strong understanding of fiqh. The document emphasizes that fully comprehending hadith requires considering different narrations, as affirmed by scholars like Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Yahya ibn Ma'in. It concludes that meticulous hadith scholars safeguarded Islamic rulings by extracting and preserving hadith