Studies in Hadith Methodology and Literature
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9789839154276
Description: This is a topic-by-topic study about the science of Hadith written to fulfil the needs of modern college students whose medium of instruction is mainly in English.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part One: Ḥadīth Methodology; title: 1 Ḥadīth: Its meaning, concept and authority; title: 2 The Prophet (ṣ) and his ḥadīths; title: 3 Taḥammul al-‘Ilm: Carrying of knowledge of Ḥadīth; title: 4 Recording of ḥadīths; title: 5 Isnād System (Chain of Transmitters); title: 6 Ḥadīth criticism: History and methodology; title: 7 Grading of scholars and its impact on grading of Ḥadīth; title: 8 Fabrication of Ḥadīth: Causes and means of elimination; title: Part Two: Ḥadīth Literature; title: 9 Earlier Ḥadīth books: What happened to them; title: 10 Important authors and their books; title: 11 Books on subjects related to Ḥadīth; title: Bibliography; title: Index