A Textbook of Hadith Studies
Mohammad Hashim Kamali
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Authenticity, Compilation, Classification and Criticism of Hadith
1. Reception (Tahammul) and Delivery (Ada') of Hadith
2. Documentation of Hadith - Early Developments
3. Hadith Literature - The Major Collections
4. Biographies of Hadith Transmitters ('Ilm Tarikh al-Ruwat)
5. Hadith Terminology (Mustalah al-Hadith)
6. Impugnment and Validation (al-Jarh wa'l-Ta'dil)
7. Hidden Defects I ('Ilal al-Hadith)
8. Hidden Defects II (Tadlis al-Hadith)
9. Conflict in Hadith (Mukhtalif al-Hadith)
10. Unfamiliar Expressions in Hadith (Gharib al-Hadith)
11. The Abrogator and Abrogated in Hadith (al-Nasikh wa'l-Mansukh il-Hadith)
12. Additional Segments to Hadith by Reliable Narrators (Ziyadat al-Thiqat)
13. Hadith Classification I (Sahih, Hasan and Da'if)
14. Hadith Classifcation II (Marfu', Mawquf, Muttasil, Maqtu', Mu'an'in, Mu'annan and Mu'allaq)
15. Hadith Class-action III (Fard, Gharib, 'Aziz, Mashhur, Mutawatir and Ahad)
16. Confirmation and Follow-up (al-Mutabi' wa'l-Shahid)
17. Prerequisites of Authenticity
18. Conclusion and Reform Proposals