“Zafer Ahmed et-Tehânevî’nin Kavâid fî Ulûmi’l-Hadîs Adlı Eserinin Değerlendirilmesi” adlı çalışmada, XX. Yüzyılda Hint Alt Kıtası’nda temâyüz eden ve Hanefî Hadis Ekolünün en önemli simalarından biri olan Zafer Ahmed et-Tehânevî’nin Kavâid fî Ulûmi’l-Hadîs adlı eseri ele alınmı…
Zafer Ahmed Osmânî Tânevî ve Hadisçiliği başlıklı çalışmamız giriş iki bölümden oluşmaktadır. Giriş kısmında araştırmanın amacı ve önemi, kapsamı, metodu ve kaynaklan zikredilmiştir. Çalışmamızın birinci bölümünde Zafer Ahmed Osmânî Tânevî’nin hayatı ve ilmi şahsiyetine dair bil…
Shīʿī aḥādīth, particularly on women, are an immensely understudied area. Studies on Shīʿī aḥādīth on women usually centre on Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, and little research explores pre-Islamic sacred female figures in Shīʿī aḥādīth. At the same time, there an urgent interest in Shīʿism…
This thesis is a response to the riddle of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab in Bukhari 's Kitab al-Jami'it as-Sahi h: Namely, how is it possible for 'Umar to be at once the staunchest defender of the prophetic tradition and yet, at the same time, in disagreement with the Prophet himself? Ju…
Tawātur is the concept that if we obtain the same information through a sufficient number of independent channels, we reach certainty about that data. When applied to the transmission of Qur’ān and hadith texts, tawātur can serve as a means by which to assert the truth of a sour…
The task of preserving the Hadith was undertaken, according to the classical Muslim view, by the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad and, thereafter, the Tabicun (Successors), and then from generation to generation. Thus, we find this great amount of Hadith in front of us today. …
This thesis presents the history of Islam in 11th/17th – 12th/18th century North Africa from a new angle. Our focus is the history of the Nāṣiriyya brotherhood, a spiritual community that emerged along Morocco’s Southeastern Saharan frontier during the mid-11th/17th century. Bas…
Sufism, iḥsān, or tazkiyah are terms referring to the spiritual dimension of Islam. Islam consists of creed, law, and a spiritual and/or character building and ethical component. The spiritual, character building and ethical component deals with the state of the heart and how to…
This dissertation is an intellectual history of Muslim understandings of Qur’ānic Revelation from the first/seventh century to the fifth/eleventh century as presented in the Qur’ān, Sunni ḥadīth, Qur’ān commentary, Sunni kalām, Imami Shiʿi ḥadīth, and Shiʿi Ismaili philosophical…
Despite a near-universal acknowledgement of the Prophet Muḥammad’s supreme eloquence in the Islamic tradition, ḥadīth (his recorded speech and deeds) is largely absent from the earliest discussions of Arabic grammar. The standard explanation for this absence, forwarded by the 8t…
Based on a variety of largely unutilized printed, as well as documentary and manuscript sources collected from archives in the Middle East, North Africa, India and Europe, this dissertation is a longue durée study of the evolution of the conception and function of hadith transmi…
This dissertation argues that the comparative method in the academic study of religion can be a valuable missiological tool for Christians. Chapter 1 explains the need for Christians to have an in-depth understanding of the Sunni worldview in order to better contextualize the go…
Contrary to later Muslim tradition, the first Muslims initially looked favorably upon assimilating Jewish and Christian religious and cultural practices. As Muslim collective religious identity conjoined with political power, Muslims changed their religious policy from imitation…
A central concern in the public square is the devaluation or subjugation of a people using the shield of religion. It has become an expedient and nonchalant tool to abuse a certain class of people in the name of a higher power. Islam is no exception. Throughout the holy books of…
An examination of the debate within the 7th century Islamic community over the role of women in public life. Using primarily the Qur'an, sunna, hadith, and early histories of the period, this thesis shows that the community was heavily divided on this issue, rather than universa…
The Common-Link Theory, invented by Joseph Schacht and widely accepted in modern scholarship, argues that h[dotbelow]adith authorities knowingly and purposefully placed traditions in circulation with little care to support these h[dotbelow]adith s with satisfactory isnads . G. H…
Symbols are the first and most pervasive way individuals and cultures communicate. They are holders of value and meaning, multivocal and adaptive by nature, and are transformative as they reconcile opposites and establish reality. Symbols are accessed through the imagination and…
In the figure of 'Abd Allah b. al-Mubarak (118/736-181/797), we find a paragon of the fields of h[dotbelow]adith, zuhd, and jihad, as attested to by the contents of the large number of references to him in the classical Islamic texts. His superior rank as a h[dotbelow]adith tran…
This dissertation analyzes the role of Muslim women as transmitters of religious knowledge from the first to the eighth centuries of Islamic history. Specifically, it focuses on women's transmission of h[dotbelow]adith, reports from and about the Prophet Muh[dotbelow]ammad. The …