The canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim : the formation and function of the Sunnī ḥadīth canon /

The two 'Authentic' ḥadīth collections of al-Bukhārī and Muslim are the most famous books in Islam after the Qur'ān - a reality left unstudied until now. This book charts the origins, development and functions of these two texts through the lens of canonicity. It examines how the book...

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Main Author: Brown, Jonathan

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Series: Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, v. 69
Islamic History and Civilization 69.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223028.

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Call Number: BP135.A128 B76 2007

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material /
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  • Chapter One. Introduction /
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  • Chapter Two. The study of canons and canonization /
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  • Chapter Three. The genesis of Al-Bukhārī and muslim /
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  • Chapter Four. A "period of intense canonical process": Imagination and the study of the Ṣaḥīḥayn in the long fourth/tenth century /
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  • Chapter Five. Canon and community: Al-Ḥākim Al-Naysābūrī and the canonization of theṢaḥīḥayn /
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  • Chapter Six. The canon and the needs of the community: The Ṣaḥīḥayn as measure of authenticity, authoritative reference and exemplum /
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  • Chapter Seven. The principle of charity and the creation of canonical culture /
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  • Chapter Eight. The canon and criticism: Iconoclasm and rejection of canonical culture from Ibn Al-Ṣalāḥ to the modern Salafi movement /
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  • Chapter Nine. Canon and synecdoche: The Ṣaḥīḥayn in narrative and ritual /
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  • Chapter Ten. Conclusion /
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  • Appendix I. References for the Ṣaḥīḥayn network chart /
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  • Appendix II. The question of the attribution of the Ṣaḥīḥayn /
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  • Select bibliography /
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  • Index /
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