Studies in Early Hadith Literature :
New,
*[A5] Large Paperback - 508 pages, [English & Arabic]
by Muhammad Mustafa al-A'zami,
Published by The Islamic Book Trust.
Description : '
Studies In Early Hadith Literature' by M. M. Azami.
Ahadith are the repository of the
Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, which is the second principal source of Islamic legislation. Thus, literature on the nature and science of
ahadith is the richest source of study and investigation of early Islamic history. It provides material for an understanding of the legal, cultural and religious ideas of this period.
This book contains a survey of the literary activities in pre-Islamic Arabia, and of the early days of Islam in the region. Then follows a discussion of whether or not the recording of the
ahadith was permitted by the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to be proceeded by a comprehensive survey of pre-classical
Hadith literature.
This book is an excellent source of in-depth study of the role of
ahadith in the first years of Islam. It includes information on thousands of books circulating among scholars in the pre-classical period.
Review:
“No doubt the most important field of research, relative to the study of
Hadith, is the discovery, verification, and evaluation of the smaller collections of Traditions antedating the six canonical collections of al-Bukhari, Muslim and the rest.
In this field Dr Azami has done pioneer work of the highest value, and he has done it according to the exact standards of scholarship. The thesis which he presented [in this book], and for which Cambridge conferred on him the degree of Ph.D., is in my opinion one of the most exciting and original investigations in this field of modern times.”
---A.J Arberry.
Table of Contents :
---Acknowledgements,
---Foreword,
---List of Abbreviations,
---Introduction,
PART ONE :
Chapter [1]. Literary activities in Pre and Early Islamic Arabia,
---The art of writing in Pre-Islamic Arabia,
---Schools and other literary activities in Pre-Islamic Arabia,
---The art of writing in Arabia in Early Islam,
---The educational policy of the Prophet,
ﷺ,
---The outcome of the educational policy,
---Arabic literature in the first century of the
Hijrah,
---Goldziher and Nicholson's conception of this literature,
---Goldziher's conception of the early Muslim community,
---Other forms of literary activity,
---Private-Public libraries.
Chapter [2]. Recording of
Ahadith : An argument,
---The Prophet,
ﷺ, and the writing of
Ahadith,
---Misinterpretation of early scholars' statements about recording of
Ahadith,
Chapter [3]. Pre-classical
hadith literature,
---The terms
kitab,
nuskhah, etc. and their meanings,
---Information concerning Pre-classical
hadith literature,
---The classification of the literary period,
---Dating of the scholars' lives,
---Writings of and from the Companions,
---Writings of and from the First Century Successors,
---Writings of and from scholars covering late first and early Second Centuries,
---Writings of and from the early Second Century scholars,
Chapter [4].
Tahammul al-'Ilm (the learning and transmitting of
hadith),
---The teachers,
---Memorising the
Ahadith of the Prophet, ﷺ, in the early days,
---The appearance of the books,
---The
Atraf system and its effect,
---The curricula of education in the First Century,
---Teaching of
Ahadith according to
shuyukh,
---The method of teaching,
-----a. Oral recitation of
Ahadith,
-----b. Reading from books,
-----c. Questions and Answers,
-----d. Dictating the
Ahadith,
---------The method of dictation,
---------The
Mustamlis,
---------To select someone for writing,
---------The employment of scribes for writing
Ahadith,
---------The correction of written copies,
---------The writing materials,
---Students : Their ages,
------The number of students,
---School buildings,
Chapter [5]. The Book,
---Material for writing,
---The method of writing on the paper,
---Diacritical signs, dotting and other kinds of punctuation,
---Stealing of material,
---Adding external material in the body of a book,
---Books and the problems of authorship,
---Schacht and the authenticity of Musa b. 'Uqbah's authorship of
Maghazi,
Chapter [6].
Isnad,
---The beginning of
Isnad,
---The beginning of
Isnad in
hadith literature,
---Orientalists and
Isnad,
---Professor Schacht and
Isnad,
---Material for the study of
Isnad,
---Schacht and the study of
Isnad in legal literature,
---The methods of quoting traditions of early lawyers,
---The conclusion,
---Flourishing of
Isnad's in the later part,
---Refutation of Schacht's theory of Flourishing of
Isnad's,
---General conclusion about the growth of
Isnad's,
---Schacht and the authenticity of
Isnad's,
---Argument about Schacht's examples of the arbitrary character of
Isnad's,
---Difficulties and the
Isnad of Malik and Nafi,'
---Final conclusion.
Chapter [7].
Ahadith,
---The authenticity of
Hadith,
---Schacht and the authenticity of
Hadith,
---An outline of early legal activities of the First and Second Centuries 'After
Hijri' as given by Schacht,
---Schacht's conception of the Nature of Law in Islam,
---Schacht's 'ancient schools of law' and the birth of an opposition party in their chronological setting,
---Schacht and "growth of legal traditions in the literary period"
---Argument about Schacht's examples of the growth of legal traditions,
---Schacht as the critic of
Hadith on material grounds
---Wensinck as the critic of the tradition of Five Pillars of Islam on material ground - a refutation,
Chapter [8]. The Edited Texts,
---The manuscripts and their authors,
---The method of editing,
---
Nuskhah of Suhail, authorship,
------Authenticity of the work,
---The Second manuscript,
Hadith 'Ubayd 'Allah b. 'Umar,
------The authorship of the work,
------The authenticity of the work,
---The Third manuscript,
Hadith Abi al-Yaman,
------The authorship of the work,
------The authenticity of the work,
---Muhammad b. Muslim b. 'Ubayd 'Allah b. Shihab al-Zuhri, his life and works,
------His education,
------His literary career,
------Al-Zuhri's relations with his students,
------Al-Zuhri and the diffusion of knowledge,
------His attitude towards the writing down of
Hadith,
------Al-Zuhri and his critics,
------Al-Zuhri and the Umayyads,
---------Did Al-Zuhri provide a substitute for the pilgrimage?
---------Refutation of Al-Ya'qubi and Goldziher.
Appendices :
---I. The meaning of the words
Haddathana, etc
---II. The problem of enormous numbers of
Hadith,
---III.
Nuskhah of Zubayr b. 'Adi (a part of it),
---IV. A folio fom
Maghazi of Ibn Ishaq,
---V. A folio from
Sahih of Ibn Khuzaimah.
---Bibliography,
---General Index,
PART TWO : Arabic Section :
---The Edited Texts and Commentary.
Also see
Isnad :
New English translation,
Also see
The Encyclopedia of Hadith Forgeries.
Also see
Hadith & Sunnah,
Also see
Hadith : Academic.
*Dimensions : 22.6 x 15.2 x 3.1cm.