Rethinking ḥadīth methodology / Mehmet Görmez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Görmez, Mehmet, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hadith.

Physical Description:

518 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Istanbul : Kopernik, [2019]

Summary:

In the early centuries of Islam, Muslim scholars developed countless scientific disciplines in attempting to classify, investigate, and utilise the hadiths and the sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad. As none of these sciences evolved into a fully-fledged hadith science, scholars began to implement the methodology of fiqh in examining the hadiths. After Imam al Shafii in the ninth century, hadiths were almost exclusively confined to the realm of legal studies. This new legalistic and literalist approach to the hadith created serious problems, primarily for two reasons, the Prophet did not intend that each of his words and utterances should form the basis of a legal system, and unlike the Quran, the Prophets statements were transmitted over generations and not always verbatim and therefore recorded hadiths could not be treated as immutable legal documents. The aim of this book is to demonstrate the necessity of creating a new hadith science.

Contents:

Part I Conceptual Framework Related to Understanding p. 35

I Conceptual Framework of Understanding and Narration in Islamic Tradition: p. 36

Hifz wa Dabt (Memorization and Retention) p. 36

Fahm wa Wa'y (Understanding and Deep Understanding) p. 39

Fiqh and Nazar (Understanding and Consideration) p. 40

Istinbat wa Istikhraj (Inference and Deduction) p. 44

Bayan wa Tabyin (Explanation and Exposition) p. 46

Tafsir wa Ta'wil (Interpretation and Allegorical Interpretation) p. 48

Dalalah (Implication) p. 53

1 Dalalah 'Aqliyyah (Rational Implication) p. 55

2 Dalalah Tabi'iyyah (Natural Implication) p. 55

3 Dalalah Wad'iyyah (Declaratory Implication) p. 55

1 Dalalah al-'Ibarah (Explicit Meaning) p. 56

2 Dalalah al-'Isharah (Alluded Meaning) p. 56

3 Dalalah al-Dalalah (Implied Meaning) p. 57

4 Dalalah al-'Iqtida' (Required Meaning) p. 57

II Conceptual Framework of Understanding in Contemporary Semantics and Hermeneutics p. 58

Meaning and Understanding p. 58

Interpretation and Interpreting p. 67

Narration and Explanation p. 70

Concept and Comprehension p. 72

III Evaluation and Comparison p. 73

Part II Attempts to Understand the Sunnah and the Hadith, and the Sciences Of Hadith p. 79

I Attempts to Understand the Sunnah and the Hadith In History: p. 79

The Time of the Prophet and his Companions p. 79

Understanding Hadith and Sunnah during the Formative Period of the Science of Hadith p. 93

The Period of Commentary and Super-commentary p. 128

Modern Times p. 136

II The Sciences of Hadith That Deal with the Understanding of Sunnah and Hadith p. 152

The Sciences of Hadith in General p. 152

Dirayat al-Hadith p. 158

Fiqh al-Hadith p. 163

Gharib Al-Hadith (Rare Words of the Hadiths) p. 175

1 They apply the method of pragmatics from the disciplines of semantics p. 180

2 They apply semantic analysis p. 182

3 They touch upon 'Fiqh al-Hadith' p. 183

Mukhtalif Al-Hadith / Mushkil al-Hadith (The Contradictory Hadiths) p. 183

Asbab Wurud al-Hadith (The Circumstances for the Utterance of the Hadiths) p. 189

Part III Methodologies in Understanding the Principles of Jurisprudence and Hadiths p. 195

I Methodologies of Understanding p. 195

II Methodologies of Understanding in Islamic Tradition p. 200

Bayan p. 201

Irfan p. 203

Burhan p. 205

Burhan Based on Bayan p. 206

Bayan Based on Burhan p. 206

III The Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence as a Methodology of Understanding p. 210

The Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence and Understanding the Hadiths p. 210

The Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence - Hadith and Sunnah p. 212

Primary Essence ('asl) p. 214

Proof (dalil) p. 216

Ruling (Hukm) p. 217

IV The Method of Understanding in the Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence p. 219

Method of the Jurists ('Usul al-Fuqaha) p. 224

Method of the Theologians ('Usul al-Mutakallimin) p. 226

V Applying the Method of Understanding of the Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence to Hadith p. 237

VI The Reasons for the Inapplicability of the Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence to the Hadiths p. 246

The Difference between Language and Utterance p. 246

Written Language-Spoken Language p. 247

Daily Language-High Language p. 249

Free Language-Legal Language p. 252

The Expressions Used by the Prophet and Their Transmission p. 253

Communication between the Prophet and his Companions p. 255

The Communication between the Companions and the Ummah p. 257

Linguistic Knowledge of the Transmitters and Literal Transmission p. 272

Recording the Hadiths in Writing p. 276

Rewriting the Hadiths Texts (istinsakh) p. 280

Transmission by Meaning p. 282

The Reasons for why the Hadiths were Transmitted through Different Wordings p. 291

Part IV Understanding Hadith and Sunnah in Terms of the Fundamental Features of the Activity of Understanding p. 295

I Fundamental Elements of the Activity of Understanding The Five Stages of Understanding a Hadith p. 299

II Understanding the Hadiths and the Sunnah in terms of Fundamental Elements of the Activity of Understanding p. 303

Narrator: p. 308

Understanding the Sunnah and the Hadith in Terms of the Relationship amongst Nubuwwah/Risalah - Sunnah p. 308

1 Mission to Deliver the Divine Message (Tabligh) p. 311

2 Explanation (bayan) p. 313

3 Call (da'wah) p. 315

4 Teaching (ta'lim) p. 315

5 Purification (Tadhkiya) p. 316

Narrated: Semantic Analysis of the Sunnah and the Hadith p. 321

1 Originality p. 326

2 Continuity p. 326

3 Consciousness p. 327

4 Being Positive p. 327

5 Being Exemplary p. 328

6 Correctness p. 328

7 Being Moderate (Middle Path) p. 328

8 Normativity p. 329

1 Religious Language p. 355

2 Narrative Style of the Prophet p. 372

a) Direct Narration p. 374

b) Indirect Narration p. 376

3 Stories p. 384

4 Parables (Amthal) p. 387

5 Concept and Conceptualization p. 388

6 Encouragement and Discouragement (Targhib wa Tarhib) p. 393

1 Categorizations of the Prophetic Actions according to the Qur'an p. 413

2 Categorizations of the Deeds according to the Prophetic p. 415

3 Classification of the Deeds according to Their Customary p. 417

4 Categorization of the Deeds in Terms of the Division of p. 420

6 Categorizations of the Deeds in Terms of the Tasks of the Prophet p. 423

Types of Context p. 427

1 Linguistic Context p. 428

2 Classificatory Context p. 428

3 Thematic Context p. 428

4 Functional Context p. 428

5 Existential Context p. 428

b) Social Context p. 435

That which is Understood and the Audience p. 443.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

6056919587

9786056919589

OCLC:

1124783117