Hadith: Origins and Developments
ISBN: 9781315253695
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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Subjects: Humanities; History; Religion; World/ International History; Islam - Religion;

Hadith is understood here in its broader meaning as the bulk of the texts which contain information on the prophet Muhammad and his Companions, having the form of transmissions from them. The reliability of this material as a source for early Islam is still a highly debated issue. This selection of articles presents the different points of view in this debate and the varying methodological approaches with which scholars trained in modern secular sciences have tried to find a solution to the problem.

Harald Motzki is Professor at the Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Middle-East, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands

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