An Introduction to the Sciences of Hadith
Author: Ibn al-Salah al-Shahrazuri | Pages: 315 | Size: 19 MB
After the Qur'an itself, the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad form the
most important foundation of Islamic thought. The hadith were accounts
-- usually brief -- of the words and actions of the Prophet. As such,
they were subjected to intense scrutiny by generations of Muslim
scholars. Better known as the Muqaddimah, Ibn al-Salah (1181-1245)
composed this work while serving as the head of the Dar al-Hadith
al-Ashrafiya in Damascus, one of the most prestigious institutions for
the study of hadith in the Islamic world. Here he provides a complete
overview of the science devoted to the study of the words and actions of
the Prophet Muhammad, and also a guide to the terminology and
techniques of the scholars of hadith as it summarizes most of the
previous work on the subject and forms the basis of almost all later
activity in the field. The book enjoyed immense popularity and
influenced most subsequent writing on the subject.
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