Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam

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Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam is written by Scott Lucas and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9047413679 (ISBN 10) and 9789047413677 (ISBN 13).

Demonstrating the central role of third/ninth century ḥadīth scholars in the articulation of Sunnī Islam, this book bases its findings largely upon the analysis of multiple biographical dictionaries, such as al-Dhahabī’s Tadhkirat al-ḥuffāẓ, Ibn Saʿd’s Kitāb al-ṭabaqāt al-kabīr, and collections of the critical comments of Ibn Maʿīn and Ibn Ḥanbal. Part I establishes conceptual and historical frameworks for the study of Sunnī ḥadīth scholarship. Part II examines in detail the three foundational principles of Sunnī Islam: 1) the collective probity of the ṣaḥāba, 2) the discipline of ḥadīth-transmitter criticism, and 3) a historical vision of the authoritative channels by which ḥadīth traversed the two centuries between the life of the Prophet Muḥammad and the first major ḥadīth books.