Analysing Muslim Traditions: Studies in Legal, Exegetical and Maghazi Hadith (Islamic History & Civilization, 78)

Since its inception, the study of ad th conducted by scholars trained in the Western academic tradition has been marked by sharp methodological debates. A focal issue is the origin and development of traditions on the advent of Islam. Scholars' verdicts on these traditions have ranged from late fabrications without any historical value for the time concerning which the narrations purport to give information to early, accurately transmitted texts that allow one to reconstruct Islamic origins . Starting from previous contributions to the debate, the studies collected in this volume show that, by careful analysis of their texts and chains of transmission, the history of Muslim traditions can be reconstructed with a high degree of probability and their historicity assessed afresh." Preface -1 Chapter One. The Jurisprudence of Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī. A Source-Critical Study (Harald Motzki) -1 I. The Problem -1 II. Maʿmar as a Source for Zuhrī ’s Teaching -1 III. Ibn Jurayj as a Source for Zuhrī ’s Teaching -1 IV. Mālik as a Source for Zuhrī ’s Teaching -1 V. The Three Sources Compared -1 VI. A Prophetic Ḥadīth by Zuhrī -1 VII. Conclusions -1 Chapter Two. Whither Ḥadīth Studies? (Harald Motzki) -1 I. Introduction: Juynboll on Nāfiʿ, the Mawlā of Ibn 'Umar -1 II. Chain Analysis: Method and Concept -1 The Common Link and its Single Strand -1 Partial Common Links and Single Strands -1 III. On Nāfi’s Alleged Role in the Transmission of Traditions -1 Was Nāfi‘ a Historical Figure? -1 Juynboll ’s Isnād Analysis of a Tradition of Nāfi‘ from Ibn 'Umar -1 IV. Investigating the Mutūn of the Zakāt al-Fiṭr Tradition -1 Malik ibn Anas -1 Mūsā ibn ʿUqba -1 Ubayd Allāh ibn Umar -1 Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī -1 Layth ibn Sa'd -1 Ayyūb ibn Mūsā -1 Ibn Abī Laylā -1 'Abd Allāh ibn 'Umar -1 Al-Ḍaḥḥāk -1 'Umar ibn Nāfi' -1 Ibn Abī Rawwād -1 The Results of the Textual Analysis of the Transmission Process -1 V. Summary and Conclusions -1 Chapter Three. The Prophet and the Debtors. A Ḥadīth Analysis under Scrutiny (Harald Motzki) -1 I. Sale of Children and Debt-Servitude. Studies on the Early Period of the Islamic Law -1 The Methods of Ḥadīth Analysis -1 II. Debt-Slavery in Early Islamic Jurisprudence -1 Schneider ’s Analysis of the Surraq Ḥadīth -1 The Transmission History of the Surraq-Ḥadīth -1 Zanjī -1 'Abd al-Samad -1 Interim Results and the Version of Zayd's Sons -1 Ibn Lahī'a -1 The Tradition P11 by Bayhaqī -1 Interim Review -1 The Issue of Origin -1 The Issue of Surraq's Historicity -1 A Further Surraq -Ḥadīth -1 The Ḥadīth P23 about the Sale of a Free Person -1 The Pre-Islamic Law of Obligations in the Ḥijāz -1 The Prophet's Approach to Personal Execution -1 "Surraq Once More" -1 III. Debt-Servitude in Early Islamic Jurisprudence -1 IV. Summary and Results -1 Chapter Four. Al-Radd ʿAlā l-Radd: Concerning the Method of Ḥadīth Analysis (Harald Motzki) -1 I. Motzki's Isnād-cum-Matn Analysis -1 II. Motzki's Text Analysis -1 Schneider's Excursus -1 III. The Authenticity of the Lower Part of the Isnād or of the Whole Story -1 IV. The Common Source -1 V. Was Surraq a Historical Personality? -1 Schneider's Interim Results -1 VI. Narrativity and Authenticity: The Story of the Wise Prophet -1 Chapter Five. The Origins of Muslim Exegesis. A Debate (Harald Motzki) -1 I. The Problem -1 II. Preliminary Notes -1 III. The Exegetical Traditions of Qur'ān 15:90–91 -1 The Traditions of Group One -1 The Traditions of Group Two -1 The Traditions of Group Three -1 The Traditions of Group Four -1 The Traditions of Group Five -1 The ' Ikrima and Qatäda Traditions -1 Qatāda -1 'Ikrima -1 Ibn Isḥāq's Tradition -1 The Traditions of Group Six -1 Conclusions -1 I V. Early Commentaries -1 Muqātil -1 Abū 'Ubayda , al-Farrā', al-Akhfash al-Awsaṭ -1 Muḥammad al-Kalbī -1 Zayd ibn 'Alī -1 V. Wansbrough's View on the Development of Early Exegesis – An Alternative? -1 The Epistemological Issue -1 The Asānīd -1 Dating -1 V I. Summary -1 VII. Appendix -1 Chapter Six. The Raid of the Hudhayl: Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī ’s Version of the Event (Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort) -1 I. Introduction -1 II. Isnād Analysis -1 Ibrāhīm ibn Ismā'īl -1 Ibrāhīm ibn Sa'd -1 Ma'mar ibn Rāshid -1 Shu'ayb ibn Abī Ḥamza -1 Conclusion Isnād Analysis -1 III. Matn Analysis per Student of al-Zuhrī -1 Ibrāhīm ibn Ismā'īl -1 Ibrāhīm ibn Sa'd -1 Ma'mar ibn Rāshid -1 Shu'ayb ibn Abī Ḥamza -1 IV. Matn Analysis between Students of al-Zuhrī -1 Resemblance of the Traditions -1 Differences between the Traditions -1 Conclusion -1 V. Comparison of the Zuhrī-Traditions to Other Versions -1 Comparison with Ibn Isḥāq's Version -1 Conclusion -1 Comparison with the Versions of Ibn Sa'd and Mūsā ibn 'Uqba -1 VI. Conclusion -1 Chapter Seven. Crime and Punishment in Early Medina: The Origins of a Maghāzī-Tradition (Sean W. Anthony) -1 Introduction -1 I. Isnād Analysis -1 The Anas ibn Mālik Tradition -1 The Abū Qilāba Cluster -1 The Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl Cluster -1 The Qatāda Cluster -1 Remaining Traditions -1 The 'Urwa/'Ā'isha and Ibn 'Umar Traditions -1 II. Matn Analysis -1 The Anas ibn Mālik Tradition -1 The Abū Qilāba Traditions -1 The Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl Traditions -1 The Qatāda Traditions -1 Unique Traditions from Anas -1 'Urwa/'Ā'isha and Ibn 'Umar Traditions -1 III. The Formation of the Sīra- and Maghāzī-Tradition -1 IV. Summary and Conclusions -1 Bibliography -1 Index -1 Starting from previous contributions to the debate, the studies collected in this volume show that, by careful analysis of their texts and chains of transmission, the history of Muslim traditions can be reconstrcted with a high degree of probability and their historicity assessed afresh. Since its inception, the study of ?adith conducted by scholars trained in the Western academic tradition has been marked by sharp methodological debates. A focal issue is the origin and development of traditions on the advent of Islam. Scholars' verdicts on these traditions have ranged from "late fabrications without any historical value for the time concerning which the narrations purport to give information" to "early, accurately transmitted texts that allow one to reconstruct Islamic origins". Starting from previous contributions to the debate, the studies collected in this volume show that, by careful analysis of their texts and chains of transmission, the history of Muslim traditions can be reconstructed with a high degree of probability and their historicity assessed afresh Since its inception, the study of a, adAth conducted by scholars trained in the Western academic tradition has been marked by sharp methodological debates. A focal issue is the origin and development of traditions on the advent of Islam. 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Scholars'verdicts on these traditions have ranged from “late fabrications without any historical value for the time concerning which the narrations purport to give information” to “early, accurately transmitted texts that allow one to reconstruct Islamic origins”. Starting from previous contributions to the debate, the studies collected in this volume show that, by careful analysis of their texts and chains of transmission, the history of Muslim traditions can be reconstructed with a high degree of probability and their historicity assessed afresh.