HadithDB

Retrieve the core Arabic and English text, chain, headings, grades, and canonical URL for a hadith reference. If the exact numbered reference is absent, tries the unsuffixed number and letter-suffixed variants before reporting not found; returned records retain their actual references. Complete scholarly metadata and provenance are available with response_profile: "full". Every profile includes all stored grader opinions, narrators with reliability and death information, attached commentary identities, and related report references only (no narration text). For worship instructions or scholarly explanations, use research_islamic_topic and the commentary tools before answering.

lookup_hadith_detail

Retrieve commentary from a named HadithDB tafsir source for one Quran ayah.

lookup_tafsir

Use this for explanations of Quran ayahs. Retrieves the exact ayah and major available tafsirs (default Tabari, Ibn Kathir, Qurtubi; more at deep depth), then searches supplied concepts in Quran, tafsir, hadith, shuruh and published blog articles (editorial context). If concepts are omitted, read the returned ayah/tafsirs, derive short grounded concept phrases, and call again with concepts without asking the user. Search matches are conceptual candidates, not proof a hadith directly explains this ayah. Verify relevant source text before synthesis. Respect explicitly requested tafsir sources.

research_quran_ayah

Use this before answering substantive Islamic topic or practical worship questions, such as what istikharah is and how to pray it. Collects Quran/tafsir discovery candidates, verified hadith records, explanations from distinct shuruh, explicitly linked related reports, and published blog articles as attributed editorial context. Supply short Arabic/English queries and known principal hadith_references when available to anchor the research. Inspect coverage and fetch omitted/truncated sources as needed within the same turn; do not treat topic matches as direct evidence or claim exhaustive research.

research_islamic_topic

Search Quran Arabic text and English translations by words or phrases. Use lookup_quran_ayah for an exact reference.

search_quran

Search published HadithDB blog articles by words or phrases in their public titles and text. Results are editorial discovery candidates, distinct from Quran, hadith, tafsir and shuruh. Verify any cited reports with the source lookup tools. Use lookup_blog_post for complete article text.

search_blog

Search Arabic or English hadith, sirah, and history text, optionally within selected book aliases or virtual book groups. Use the sirah or history scope to search every book whose type is sirah or history.

search_hadith

Use this for scholarly explanations, procedural details and disagreements, including when answering how to perform worship or researching Quranic concepts. Searches shuruh across collections. Results preserve the commentary work and associated hadith separately. Retrieve exact entries with lookup_hadith_commentary and verify reports with lookup_hadith_detail.

search_hadith_commentary

Search HadithDB tafsir commentary, optionally restricting results to one named source.

search_tafsir