Since the middle of the nineteenth century, several orientalist works had challenged the authenticity of Hadith material (sayings of the Prophet, ?), claiming that these collections of hadiths were done orally and therefore subject to misreporting and alterations.
Dr Hamidullah discovered very early collections of hadiths preserved in libraries in Turkey, France and Germany, and on the basis of these, refuted the misgivings spread by orientalists.
This work selects the collections of Hammam ibn Munabbih, a disciple of a Companion of the Prophet, ?, to substantiate his arguments.
Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah, D. Phil., D. Litt., HI, was a scholar of Hadith, Islamic law and an author with over 100 books. Hamidullah was from the Deccan area of British India and was born in Hyderabad City in 1908, and hails from a family of scholars, the youngest amongst three brothers and five sisters. His family's roots lie in the Nawayath community, his ancestors were eminent scholars in their own right.
He earned his BA, LLB and MA at Osmania University. He travelled to Germany and was awarded D.Phil. by Bonn University in 1932. After serving in the faculty of Bonn as a lecturer in Arabic and Urdu for a short time, he went to France and registered at Sorbonne University for his second doctorate. He was awarded D.Litt. by the university after 11 months. He taught international law at Osmania University between 1936 and 1946.
A prolific writer, his extensive works on Islamic science, history and culture have been published in several languages and many thousands of articles in learned journals. He died in 2002 in the United States.
Table of Contents :
---Transliteration,
---Publishers Note,
---Foreword by Dr. Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi,
---Preface,
---Compilation & Preservation of the Prophet's, ?, Traditions,
------Preliminary Remarks,
------The illiterate Arabs,
------Progress of Education among the Arabs after the Advent of Islam,
------The Educational Policy of the Prophet of Islam, ?,
------Organisation of General Education,
------The Scribes attendant on the Prophet, ?,
------The Official Seal,
------The Compilation of Hadith,
------Hadith written down officially during the time of the Prophet, ?,
---------a). Constitution,
---------b). Census,
---------c). Letters-Patent,
---------d). Letters of Proselytism,
---------e). Correspondence with the Jews,
---------f). Instruction to Governors, etc
---------g). Rules and Tariffs of Taxes,
---------h). Translation of the Qur'an,
------Some Incidental Occasions of Writing,
------Deliberate Arrangements in the Holy Prophet's, ?, Time for the Compilation of Hadith;
---------i). An Ansarite,
---------ii). 'Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As,
---------iii). Abu Rafi,'
---------iv). Compilation of Anas and its Correction by the Prophet, ?,
------Collection of State Documents by 'Amr ibn Hazm,
------General Codification of Hadith in the Time of the Companions,
---------a). Jabir ibn Abdullah, radi Allahu anhu,
---------b). Mother of the Faithful, A'ishah, radi Allahu anha,
---------c). Caliph Abu Bakr's, radi Allahu anhu, Codification,
---------d). Codification by the Caliph 'Umar, radi Allahu anhu,
---------e). Rolls of the Caliph 'Ali, radi Allahu anhu,
---------f). 'Abdullah ibn Abu Awla's, radi Allahu anhu, Teaching of Hadith by Correspondence,
---------g). The Compilation of Samurah ibn Jundub, radi Allahu anhu,
---------h). The Compilation of Sa'd ibn Ubadah, radi Allahu anhu,
---------i). 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar's, radi Allahu anhu, Dictation of Hadith,
---------j). Works of 'Abdullah ibn Abbas, radi Allahu anhu,
---------k). Hadith Correspondence by Al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah, radi Allahu anhu,
---------l). Hadith Correspondence by Abu Bakrah, radi Allahu anhu,
---------m). A Compilation of 'Abdullah ibn Masud, radi Allahu anhu,
---------n). Works of the great Traditionist Abu Hurayrah, radi Allahu anhu.
Al-Sahifah al-Sahihah :
---Hammam ibn Munabbih,
---The Preservation of Hammam's Sahifah,
---Isnad of Chain of Sources,
---Description of the Manuscripts (MSS),
-------a). The Berlin Manuscript (MS),
-------b). The Damascus Manuscript,
---Ban on writing down Hadith,
---Conclusion,
---Final Remarks.
Text of the Sahifah of Hammam,
---Certificates of Authentication, in the MSS,
------MS. of Berlin,
------MS of Damascus,
------1. Title page,
------2. End of text.
---Bibliography,
---Index,
---Appendix:
------The Arabic Text of of the Sahifah of Hammam,
More Hadith & Sunnah.
Also see Hadith Collections,
Also see Hadith (Darsi).
*Dimensions : 21.8 x 14.9cm.
