The issue of hadith reporting by child companions in the methodology of hadith

The term "child Companion" here refers to the people who comprehend the Prophet at a very young age and spent a certain period of childhood in the time of Prophet Muhammad but were not too old and were still at their childhood or adulthood during his death. In our study, the concept of referring to a child as a Companion is discussed in relation to the quality of his talks with the Prophet. These child Companions are analysed on issues like whether they reported Hadith after they acquired the companionship qualifications, or if they had the such qualities to report and on which channels they obtained their direct reports from the Prophet. In classical works of hadith metholody, it is seen that the qualities of hadith reports by the child Companions and by other children who don't have the qualification of companionship are evaluated seperately. In this context, relevant terms such as Mursal of the Companions, mursal narration, mawquf and maqtu' are also discussed. Keywords: Hadith Reports, Child Companion, Mursal Hadith, Mursal of The Companions, Mawquf.