Forgery in ḥadīth

by Pavlovitch, Pavel

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Ḥadīth forgery (waḍʿ al-ḥadīth) is the accidental or deliberate circulation of traditions with altered or invented contents ( matn s) and/or lines of transmission ( isnād s). Enlisting past authorities in defence of orthodoxy became a scholarly requirement during the second civil war in Islam (60–73/680–92). The growing appeal of Prophetic ḥadīth , in particular, is reflected in biographical reports about Muḥammad’s Companions. Thus, Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ (d. 50–8/670–8) reportedly related no Prop…

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Ḥadīth forgery (waḍʿ al-ḥadīth) is the accidental or deliberate circulation of traditions with altered or invented contents ( matn s) and/or lines of transmission ( isnād s). Enlisting past authorities in defence of orthodoxy became a scholarly requirement during the second civil war in Islam (60–73/680–92). The growing appeal of Prophetic ḥadīth , in particular, is reflected in biographical reports about Muḥammad’s Companions. Thus, Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ (d. 50–8/670–8) reportedly related no Prophetic traditions and avoided giving legal counsel out of fear that

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2077

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eng Islam

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Pavlovitch, Pavel

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