Demonstrating the central role of third/ninth century adith scholars in the articulation of Sunni Islam, this book bases its findings largely upon the analysis of multiple biographical dictionaries, such as al-Dhahabi's Tadhkirat al-uffa , Ibn Sad's Kitab al-abaqat al-kabir , and collections of the critical comments of Ibn Main and Ibn anbal.Part I establishes conceptual and historical frameworks for the study of Sunni adith scholarship. Part II examines in detail the three foundational principles of Sunni Islam: 1) the collective probity of the aaba , 2) the discipline of adith -transmitter criticism, and 3) a historical vision of the authoritative channels by which adith traversed the two centuries between the life of the Prophet Muammad and the first major adith books. This description may be from another edition of this product.
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