Ana halatta a ruwaito hadisi ta ma'ana, domin ba mu bautawa Allah da kalmomin hadisi ba, sai dai da ma'anarsa, domin wahayi shi ne ma'anar hadisin ba kalmominsa ba. Duk da haka, an sharadanta cewa mai ruwaitowa ya zama masani game da duk abin da zai iya canza ma'anar. Idan bai zama masani ko mai sanin hakan ba, to ba a halatta ruwaito hadisi ta ma'ana ba. Amma gajarta hadisi halal ne. Ana halatta a ruwaito hadisi a takaice, inda aka bar wani sashi aka ambaci wani sashi, bisa sharadin cewa sashin da aka bari ba shi da alaka da sashin da aka ambata. Duk da haka, ba a halatta a bar ko a cire manufa (gaya) da sauran irin abubuwan da za su sa ma'anar ta zama cikakke ba, ko kuma su sa sashin hadisin da aka ambata ya kai ga ma'anar da ta saba gaba daya da ainihin ma'anar hadisin ba. Idan manufa (gaya) ko irin wadannan al'amura a cikin ruwaitowar ba su da muhimmanci kuma akwai shakka a cikin ruwaitowar, to wajibi ne a ruwaito sashin da yake abin dogara, a cire sashin da ake shakka.

It is permitted to narrate hadīth by meaning because we do not worship Allah  by the words of a hadīth but by its meaning because the wahy (revelation) is the meaning of the hadīth and not its words. However, it has been stipulated that the narrator be knowledgeable about anything that can change the meaning. If he is not knowledgeable or cognizant of that then it is not allowed to narrate hadīth by meaning. As for the abridgment of the hadīth it is allowed. It is allowed to narrate a hadīth in an abridged form with a part omitted and a part mentioned on the condition that the omitted part does not relate to the part mentioned. However, it is not allowed to omit or exclude the objective (gaya) and other such things which would make the meaning deficient or make the part of the hadīth which has been mentioned lead to a meaning which is completely contrary to the (actual) meaning of the hadīth. If the objective (gaya) or other such matters in the narration are secondary and there is doubt in the narration then it is obligatory to narrate the part which is reliable and the part that is doubted is removed.