Hadith : Muhammad's legacy in the medieval and modern world /

Hadith : Muhammad's legacy in the medieval and modern world /

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Main Author: Brown, Jonathan (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Oxford : [Oneworld Publications], 2009.

Series: Foundations of Islam.

Subjects:

Hadith > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History.
Hadith > History.
Islamic law > History.

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Call Number: BP135 .B76 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • The Prophet's words then and now: hadith and its terminology
  • The transmission and collection of prophetic traditions
  • The methods and history of Hadith criticism
  • Prophetic traditions in Shiite Islam
  • The function of prophetic traditions in Islamic law and legal theory
  • The function of prophetic traditions in theology
  • The function of prophetic traditions in Sufism
  • The authenticity question: Western debates over the historical reliability of prophetic traditions
  • Debates over prophetic traditions in the modern Muslim world
  • Conclusion.