Description |
xiv, 174 p. ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
1. The event of the Ḥadīth -- 2. The Companions -- 3. After the Companions -- 4. Categories of Ḥadīth collections -- 5. Some special features of the literature -- 6. The biographical dictionaries -- 7. The discipline of formal criticism -- Appendix I. Women in Ḥadīth scholarship -- Appendix II. The Ḥadīth and Orientalism -- Appendix III. The Leiden edition of Ibn Saʻd. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-166) and index. |
Subject |
Hadith.
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Added Author |
Murad, Abdal Hakim.
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ISBN |
0946621381 (pbk.) |
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9780946621385 (pbk.) |
OCLC # |
29172876 |
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