A Textbook of Hadith Studies

Authenticity, Compilation, Classification and Criticism of Hadith

Mohammad Hashim Kamali

• Publisher: The Islamic Foundation
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780860374350
• eBook ISBN: 9780860375739
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Islamic Theology

A Textbook of Hadith Studies provides an academic introduction to the Hadith, or the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, which are second only to the Qur'an (Koran) in their authoritativeness within Islamic tradition. Suitable for university courses and all serious students of Islam, the topics surveyed include Hadith methodology, Hadith literature, the history of Hadith compilation and documentation, and the methods of Hadith criticism ( al-jarh wa al-ta'dil ) and classification.

Mohammad Hashim Kamali, born in Afghanistan in 1944, was a professor of Islamic Law and Jurisprudence at the International Islamic University in Malaysia, and dean of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) from 1985–2007. He is currently chairman and CEO of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies, Malaysia. He is also on the international advisory boards of eleven academic journals published in Malaysia, the United States, Canada, Kuwait, India, Australia, and Pakistan. Professor Kamali has addressed over 120 national and international conferences, and has published sixteen books and over 110 academic articles. His books include The Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, Freedom of Expression in Islam, and Islamic Commercial Law: An Analysis of Futures and Options

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About the Author
• Preface
• Transliteration Table
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Reception (Taḥammul) and Delivery (Adā’) of Ḥadῑth
• 3. Documentation of Ḥadῑth – Early Developments
• 4. Ḥadῑth Literature – The Major Collections
• 5. Biographies of Ḥadῑth Transmitters (ʿIlm Tārῑkh al-Ruwāt)
• 6. Ḥadῑth Terminology (Muṣṭalaḥ al-Ḥadῑth)
• 7. Ḥadῑth Forgery (Waḍʿ al-Ḥadῑth)
• 8. Impugnment and Validation (al-Jarḥ wa’l-Taʿdῑl)
• 9. Hidden Defects I (ʿIlal al-Ḥadῑth)
• 10. Hidden Defects II (Tadlῑs al-Ḥadῑth)
• 11. Conflict in Ḥadῑth (Mukhtalif al-Ḥadῑth)
• 12. Unfamiliar Expressions in Ḥadῑth (Gharῑb al-Ḥadῑth)
• 13. The Abrogator and Abrogated in Ḥadῑth (al-Nāsikh wa’l-Mansūkh fῑl-Ḥadῑth)
• 14. Additional Segments to Ḥadῑth by Reliable Narrators (Ziyādāt al-Thiqāt)
• 15. Ḥadῑth Classification I (Ṣaḥῑḥ, Ḥasan and Ḍaʿῑf)
• 16. Ḥadῑth Classification II (Marfūʿ, Mawqūf, Muttaṣil, Maqṭūʿ, Muʿanʿin, Mu’annan and Muʿallaq)
• 17. Ḥadῑth Classification III (Fard, Gharῑb, ʿAzῑz, Mashhūr, Mutawātir and Āḥād)
• 18. Confirmation and Follow-Up (al-Mutābiʿ wa’l-Shāhid)
• 19. Prerequisites of Authenticity
• 20. Conclusion and Reform Proposals
• Bibliography
• Glossary
• Notes
• Index