The Development of Early Sunnite Ḥadīth Criticism: The Taqdima of Ibn Abī Ḥātim Al-Rāzī (240/854-327/938)

by Eerik Dickinson

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)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004118055
• ISBN13: 9789004118058
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.7"