Hadith commentary : continuity and change / edited by Joel Blecher and Stefanie Brinkmann.

Other author Blecher, Joel, 1982- editor.
Other author Brinkmann, Stefanie, 1969- editor.
Format Book
PublicationEdinburgh : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Copyright Datecu2023
Descriptionxii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesEdinburgh studies in Islamic scripture and theology
Contents Introduction: What is Hadith Commentary? / Joel Blecher and Stefanie Brinkmann -- Part l: Formations and Developments in the Early and Middle Periods. Between Philology and Hadith Criticism: The Genre of Sharh Gharib al-Hadith / Stefanie Brinkmann -- The Hermeneutics of al-Sharif al-Murta̐ud: The Interpretation of akhb̐uar al-̐uah̐uad in Kit̐uab al-Am̐uali / Ali Aghaei -- 'Blessed are the Strangers (ghurab̐ua)': An Apocalyptic Hadith on the Virtues of Loneliness, Sadness and Exile / Youshaa Patel -- Sufi Contributions to Hadith Commentary / Samer Dajani -- Ibn Rajab's Commentary on al-Nawawi's Forty Hadith: Innovation and Audience in the J̐uami' al-Cul̐uum wa-l-bikam / Mohammad Gharaibeh -- The Words of the Im̐uam beyond Philosophy and Tradition: Sh̐ui'̐ui Hadith Commentaries in the Safavid Period / Sajjad Rizvi -- Part Il Modern Recollections and Reimaginings. Contesting Hanafi Thought in a Twentieth-century Turkish Hadith Commentary / Susan Gunasti -- Debating Authority and Authenticity in Modern South Asian Hadith Commentaries: Muhammad Zakariyy̐ua K̐uandhalawrs / Awjaz al-mas̐ualik, Ali Altaf Mian -- All̐uama and Exegetical Hadiths in al-Mlz̐uan: A Contemporary Im̐uami Commentary on Hadith? / Shadi Nafisi -- Studying Hadith Commentaries in the Digital Age / Maroussia Bednarkiewicz, Aslisho Qurboniev and Gowaart Van Den Bossche -- Afterword: More Comments, Further Questions / Joel Blecher.
Abstract Hadith commentary has been a central site of Islamic intellectual life for more than a millennium, across diverse periods, regions and sects. This is the first volume of scholarly essays ever collected on the key texts and critical themes of hadith commentary. The book unfolds chronologically from the early centuries of Islam to the modern period, and readers will discover continuities and changes as a group of international experts offer illuminating studies of Sunnis, Shi'is and Sufis who interpret and debate the meaning of hadith over a wide terrain: Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, India, and further. The volume also models a variety of methodological approaches, including social history, intellectual history, the study of religion, and digital history. By highlighting both differences and commonalities as the practice of hadith commentary circulated across distant eras and lands, this volume sheds new light on the way Muslims have historically understood the meaning of Muhammad's example.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography and index.
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