The development of early Sunnite hadith criticism : the Taqdima of Ibn Abī Ḥātim al-Rāzī (240/854-327/938) / by Eerik Dickinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickinson, Eerik, author.

Series:

Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 38.

Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibn Abī Ḥātim, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, 854 or 855-938. Taqdimat al-maʻrifah li-Kitāb al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl.

Ibn Abī Ḥātim, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad.

Hadith--Authorities.

Hadith.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston ; Köln : Brill, [2001]

Summary:

ḥadīth are the documents recording the words and actions of the Prophet Muḥammad. Originally an enormous and amorphous corpus, Muslim scholars of the third/ninth century separated the ḥadīth they regarded as true from those they held to be forgeries, producing collection of ḥadīth which still command the respect of Muslims today. Ibn Abī ḥātim al-Rāzī (240/854-327/938) was one of the most prominent exponents and practitioners of ḥadīth criticism. He left a copious written legacy, including his famous Taqdima , a biographical dictionary of the early ḥadīth critics. The Taqdima reveals Ibn Abī ḥātims's vision of the critic and gives insight into the mechanism of ḥadīth criticism. It also provides a platform for the examination of the basic intellectual orientation of the ḥadīth critics and their conflicts with their opponents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-139) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-45324-5

OCLC:

1263872158

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004453241 DOI