TWISTED THREADS
Subtitle: GENESIS, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF THE TERM AND CONCEPT OF TAWATUR IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT
Contributors: Ahmed, M. Shahab; El-Rouayheb, Khaled; Ahmad, Ahmad A.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Description: Tawātur is the concept that if we obtain the same information through a sufficient number of independent channels, we reach certainty about that data. When applied to the transmission of Qur'ān and hadith texts, tawātur can serve as a means by which to assert the truth of a source-text, which in turn has implications for correctness of the religious belief or practice that is conveyed by the text, and hence the orthodoxy of one accepting or rejecting it.
Notes: Keywords: hadith, Islam, Qur'an, Tawatur.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2014