Ḥadīth criticism

by Pavlovitch, Pavel

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In ḥadīth criticism the discipline of al-jarḥ wa-l-taʿdīl (impugning and accrediting) is aimed at evaluating the uprightness ( ʿadāla ) of transmitters ( rijāl , lit. “men”) populating the chains of transmission ( isnād , pl. asānīd ) of Muslim traditions ( ḥadīth , pl. aḥādīth ). If the isnād is the genealogical tree of ḥadīth , then the evaluation of transmitters can be seen as an extension into the science of ḥadīth of the traditional genealogical pursuits of the Arabs, with added legal, the…

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In ḥadīth criticism the discipline of al-jarḥ wa-l-taʿdīl (impugning and accrediting) is aimed at evaluating the uprightness ( ʿadāla ) of transmitters ( rijāl , lit. “men”) populating the chains of transmission ( isnād , pl. asānīd ) of Muslim traditions ( ḥadīth , pl. aḥādīth ). If the isnād is the genealogical tree of ḥadīth , then the evaluation of transmitters can be seen as an extension into the science of ḥadīth of the traditional genealogical pursuits of the Arabs, with added legal, theological, sectarian, political, literary, and ethnic concerns. Closely related to the scrutiny of transmitters

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei3361

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eng Islam

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Pavlovitch, Pavel

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