Hadith Literature Its Origin, Development & Special Features

by Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubayr

• ISBN13: 9780946621385
• ISBN10: 0946621381
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Islamic Texts Society
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Summary

Thehadith, the sayings attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, form a sacred literature which for the Muslims ranks second in importance only to the Qur'an itself. As a source of law, ethics and doctrine, the vast corpus ofhadithcontinue to exercise decisive influence. Islamic scholarship has hence devoted immense efforts to gathering and classifying thehadith, and ensuring their authenticity. This book is the only introduction in English which presents all the aspects of the subject. It explains the origin of the literature, the evolution of theisnadsystem, the troubled relationship between scholars and the state, the problem of falsification, and the gradual development of a systematic approach to the material. This edition is a fully revised and updated version of the original, which was first published in 1961 to considerable scholarly acclaim. Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi was Professor of Islamic Culture in the University of Calcutta.

Table of Contents

The Event of the Hadith

The Companions

After the Companions

Categories of Hadith Collections

Some Special Features of the Literature

The Biographical Dictionaries

The Disciplines of Formal Criticism

Women in Hadith Scholarship

The Hadith and Orientalism

The Leiden Edition of Ibn Sa'd

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