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Encyclopedia of Canonical Ḥadīth
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This encyclopedic work on Islam comprises English translations of all canonical ḥadÄ«ths, complete with their respective chains of transmission (isnÄds).
By conflating the variant versions of the same ḥadÄ«th, the repetitiveness of its literature has been kept wherever possible to a minimum. The latest methods of isnÄd analysis, described in the general introduction, have been employed in an attempt to identify the person(s) responsible for each ḥadÄ«th.
The book is organized in the alphabetical order of those persons. These are the so-called âcommon linksâ. Each of them is listed with the tradition(s) for the wording of which he can be held accountable, or with which he can at least be associated.
Within each article, the traditions are referred to in bold figures in the numerical order as they were distilled from the more than 19,000 isnÄds listed in Tuḥfat al-ashrÄf bi maÊ¿rifat al-aá¹rÄf by the Syrian ḥadÄ«th scholar Yusuf b. Ê¿Abd ar-RaḥmÄn al-MizzÄ« (d. 742/1341).
Medieval commentaries as well as assorted biographical lexicons were drawn upon to illustrate the text of each tradition in all theological, social, legal and other noteworthy aspects discernible in it. Thus no details of eschatology, superstitions, miraculous phenomena, Jahili practices etc. were left without the clarifying comments of contemporary and later theologians, historians and ḥadÄ«th experts culled from such works as the Fatḥ al-bÄrÄ«, a major commentary of BukhÄrÄ«âs á¹¢aḥīḥ by Ibn Ḥajar al-Ê¿AsqalÄnÄ« (d. 852/1448) or the commentary by Yaḥya b. Sharaf an-NawawÄ« (d. 676/1277) of the á¹¢aḥīḥ of Muslim b. al-ḤajjÄj.
The encyclopedia concludes with an exhaustive index and glossary of names and concepts, which functions at the same time as a concordance. In short, this work presents an indispensable sourcebook of the development of Islam in all its facets during the first three centuries since its foundation as reflected in canonical ḥadīth.
By conflating the variant versions of the same ḥadÄ«th, the repetitiveness of its literature has been kept wherever possible to a minimum. The latest methods of isnÄd analysis, described in the general introduction, have been employed in an attempt to identify the person(s) responsible for each ḥadÄ«th.
The book is organized in the alphabetical order of those persons. These are the so-called âcommon linksâ. Each of them is listed with the tradition(s) for the wording of which he can be held accountable, or with which he can at least be associated.
Within each article, the traditions are referred to in bold figures in the numerical order as they were distilled from the more than 19,000 isnÄds listed in Tuḥfat al-ashrÄf bi maÊ¿rifat al-aá¹rÄf by the Syrian ḥadÄ«th scholar Yusuf b. Ê¿Abd ar-RaḥmÄn al-MizzÄ« (d. 742/1341).
Medieval commentaries as well as assorted biographical lexicons were drawn upon to illustrate the text of each tradition in all theological, social, legal and other noteworthy aspects discernible in it. Thus no details of eschatology, superstitions, miraculous phenomena, Jahili practices etc. were left without the clarifying comments of contemporary and later theologians, historians and ḥadÄ«th experts culled from such works as the Fatḥ al-bÄrÄ«, a major commentary of BukhÄrÄ«âs á¹¢aḥīḥ by Ibn Ḥajar al-Ê¿AsqalÄnÄ« (d. 852/1448) or the commentary by Yaḥya b. Sharaf an-NawawÄ« (d. 676/1277) of the á¹¢aḥīḥ of Muslim b. al-ḤajjÄj.
The encyclopedia concludes with an exhaustive index and glossary of names and concepts, which functions at the same time as a concordance. In short, this work presents an indispensable sourcebook of the development of Islam in all its facets during the first three centuries since its foundation as reflected in canonical ḥadīth.
G.H.A. Juynboll (1935-2010) received his Ph.D. from Leiden University. His legacy is administered by the Juynboll Stichting
"I admire the precision and the clearness of this work, which enables the reader to easily find his way in the enormous corpus of material' (Manfred Ullmann)
âThis work is the product of the author's lifelong dedication to the study of the hadith literature and to making this material more accessible. Juynboll has brought together a vast number of traditions, presented them in English translation, and provided much useful information regarding each. Summing Up: Highly recommended. (M. Schwartz, Boston University) Choice Review
âThis work is the product of the author's lifelong dedication to the study of the hadith literature and to making this material more accessible. Juynboll has brought together a vast number of traditions, presented them in English translation, and provided much useful information regarding each. Summing Up: Highly recommended. (M. Schwartz, Boston University) Choice Review
Preface
List of technical abbreviations
List of (shortened) bibliographical references
General Introduction
An alphabetical list of persons with whom canonical traditions may be associated
Appendix: List of abdÄl
unearthed mainly from the rijÄl lexicons Index
List of QurʾÄnic passages
List of technical abbreviations
List of (shortened) bibliographical references
General Introduction
An alphabetical list of persons with whom canonical traditions may be associated
Appendix: List of abdÄl
unearthed mainly from the rijÄl lexicons Index
List of QurʾÄnic passages