A Textbook of Hadith Studies : Authenticity, Compilation, Classification ISP Suitable for university courses and

Suitable for university courses and all serious students of Islam

Vanderbilt University

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which are second only to the Qur'an (Koran) in their authoritativeness within Islamic tradition

was the completion and editing of his teacher's (Shibli Noumani) unfinished work Sirat-un-Nabi after the latter's death in 1914

A Textbook of Hadith Studies : Authenticity, Compilation, Classification ISP Suitable for university courses andDescription A Textbook of Hadith Studies provides an academic introduction to the Hadith, or the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, which are second only to the Qur'an (Koran) in their authoritativeness within Islamic tradition. Suitable for university courses and all serious students of Islam, the topics surveyed include Hadith methodology, Hadith literature, the history of Hadith compilation and documentation, and the methods of Hadith criticism (al