Muslim al-Naysābūrī (d. 261/875) : the sceptical traditionalist / by Pavel Pavlovitch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pavlovich, Pavel (Pavel Veselinov), author.

Series:

Islamic history and civilization ; 0929-2403 v. 196.

Islamic history and civilization, 0929-2403 ; volume 196

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Qushayrī, approximately 821-875.

Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Qushayrī.

Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Qushayrī, approximately 821-875--Criticism and interpretation.

Hadith scholars--Islamic Empire--Biography.

Hadith scholars.

Muslim scholars--Iran--Biography.

Muslim scholars.

Hadith--History.

Hadith.

Iran.

Islamic Empire.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

"In Muslim al-Naysaburi (d. 261/875). The Skeptical Traditionalist, Pavel Pavlovitch studies the life and works of Muslim b. al-Hajjaj al-Naysaburi, the author of the famous collection of traditions (hadith) al-Musnad al-ṣahih (The Sound Collection), which Sunni Muslims rank as the third most authoritative source of legal and theological norms after the Qur'an and Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Bukhara's Sahih. Based on multiple biographical sources and Muslim's extant works, Pavel Pavlovitch studies hitherto unexplored aspects of Muslim's biography, elaborates on his founding contribution to the science of hadith criticism, and examines the transmission history of Muslim's Sahih in unprecedented detail. The monograph includes the first systematic study of Muslim's traditionalist theology, which played a defining role in the formation of Sunni identity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The State of the Field and Method

2. Iraq and Northeastern Iran in Muslim's Lifetime: Politics and Intellectual Currents

3. Life and Worldview

4. Muslim's Theology

5. Muslim's Ḥadīth Criticism

6. Muslim's Works

7. The Ṣaḥīḥ

8. The Transmission of the Ṣaḥīḥ

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Isnād Diagrams

Appendix 2: Muslim's Informants according to al-Mizzī

Appendix 3: Muslim's Major Shaykhs according to Kitāb al-Zahra, Compared with an Electronic Count in al-Maktaba al-Shāmila and an Alternative Count by Dār al-Taʼṣīl

Appendix 4: Transmitters on Muslim's Authority

Appendix 5: First/Seventh and Second/Eighth-Century Traditionists Who Made Transmitter-Critical Pronouncements according to Muslim's Introduction

Appendix 6: Reasons for Transmitter-Critical Pronouncements according to the Introduction to Muslim's Ṣaḥīḥ (All Numbers Are according to the Dār al-Taʼṣīl Edition)

Appendix 7: Muslim's Kitāb al-Qadar Compared with al-Bukhārī's Kitāb al-Qadar

Appendix 8: The Number of Books in the Ṣaḥīḥ according to Ibn Manjuwayh, ʻAbd al-Bāqī (= Wensinck, al-Nawawī), and Dār al-Taʼṣīl (= al-Mizzī)

Appendix 9: The Known Sections in Ibn ʻAsākir's Division of the Ṣaḥīḥ

Appendix 10: The Shaykhs of Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Zakariyyāʼ al-Nasawī

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version : Pavlovitch, Pavel (Pavel Veselinov). Muslim al-Naysābūrī (d. 261/875)

ISBN:

9789004524194

9004524193

OCLC:

1353291551

Publisher Number:

40031632735