Introduction To Hadith, Including Dirayat Al-Hadith By Al-Shahid Al-Thani

Introduction To Hadith, Including Dirayat Al-Hadith By Al-Shahid Al-Thani

Author: ‘Abd al-Hadi al-Fadli
Translator: Nazmina Virjee
Published by ICAS Press

Understanding hadith science is crucial to understanding the foundations of Islamic theology, shariah, and Islamic thought. This book outlines the history, development, and current practice of hadith science with special attention to Shiʿa scholarship. It covers hadith terminology, sources of hadith, chains of narration, categories of hadith, the criteria for accepting hadith narrators, and transmission of hadith. Additionally, the book includes a translation of a seminal work on hadith studies, Dirayat al-Hadith, by the renowned sixteenth-century Shiʿi scholar al-Shahid al-Thani ¬– the work that paved the way for the modern Shiʿi study of hadith.

Pages: 247

ISBN: 978-1-904063-47-6