Al-Mu'tabar is published twice a year, in June and December, by the Department of ilmu Hadith, Faculty of Ushuluddin Humaniora and Dakwah, State Islamic of Institute Mandailing Natal   Panyabungan North Sumatera Indonesia. The journal aims to encourage and promote the study of the Hadith from a wide range of scholarly perspectives. The topic covers all related issues in the study of the Hadith, including Linguistic, Literary, and Thematic Perspectives of the Hadith; Hadith Commentaries; The Hadith and Other Traditions; Methods and Approaches to the  Hadith; The Societal Hadith; Translation of the Hadith; Historical of the Hadith and Living Hadith.