Types of hadeeth according to who it is attributed to

The scholars of hadeeth have a number of categories for
reports, which vary according to the criteria they are looking at. One
such case is the division of hadeeth into categories based on who the
hadeeth is attributed to. They say: 

Hadeeth may be divided into categories according to who is
speaking in the hadeeth or who it is attributed to. There are four
categories: 

1.    
Hadeeth qudsi 

This is a hadeeth transmitted to us from the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), in which he attributes the words
to his Lord, may He be glorified and exalted, and in which the narrator
says: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
said, narrating from his Lord, may He be glorified and exalted, and so on. 

2.    
Marfoo ‘ hadeeth 

This is a hadeeth in which words, actions, approval or a
description are attributed to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him). 

3.    
Mawqoof hadeeth 

This is a hadeeth in which words, actions, approval or a
description are attributed to the Sahaabi, i.e., it is words or actions that
came from the Sahaabi, not from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him). 

An example of this is the words of ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may
Allah be pleased with him): “Love the one you love without going to
extremes, for some day he may become one whom you hate; and hate the one you
hate without going to extremes, for one day he may become one whom you
love.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari in al-Adab al-Mufrad, 447. 

Al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi said: 

The mawqoof report is that which the narrator attributed to
the Sahaabi and did not go beyond him. End quote. 

Al-Haakim added the condition that the isnaad should be
complete and not interrupted. He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The
hadeeth should go back to the Sahaabi, without being mursal or mu‘dal, and
when it reaches the Sahaabi it says that he said such and such, or did such
and such, or enjoined such and such. End quote. 

This terminology (mawqoof) may be used with regard to someone
other than the Sahaabi, but it should state that, for example saying: This
is a hadeeth which stops at al-Zuhri, or at ‘Ata’, and so on, both of whom
are Taabi‘een or followers of the Taabi‘een. 

4.    
Maqtoo ‘ hadeeth 

This is a hadeeth in which words, actions, approval or a
description are attributed to the Taabi‘i. It may also be known as “athar”
(a report). 

For example, Masrooq ibn al-Ajda‘ said: “It is sufficient
knowledge for a person to fear Allah, and it is sufficient ignorance for a
man to think highly of his deeds.” 

Ibn al-Salaah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

I found the use of the word maqtoo‘, as opposed to munqati‘
(interrupted) in the words of Imam al-Shaafa‘i, Abu’l-Qaasim al-Tabaraani
and others. End quote. 

Muqadimmat Ibn al-Salaah fi ‘Uloom al-Hadeeth,
p. 28. 

Among the books in which there are many mawqoof and maqtoo‘
reports are:

Al-Musannaf by Ibn Abi Shaybah

Al-Musannaf by ‘Abd al-Razzaaq
al-San‘aani

Jaami‘ al-Bayaan fi Ta’weel Aayi al-Qur’aan
by Imam al-Tabari

— and the books of Ibn al-Mundhir, and many others. 

To learn more about the division of hadeeth into various
categories, please see Nukhbat al-Fikr by al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar, p. 21.
For other information please see Fath al-Mugheeth by al-Sakhaawi,
1/108-112; Tahreer ‘Uloom al-Hadeeth by Dr. ‘Abd-Allah al-Judayyi ‘,
1/25 ff; and Tayseer Mustalah al-Hadeeth by Dr. Mahmoud al-Tahhaan,
p. 67 

And Allah knows best.