The “ḥadīṯ literature”: What is it and where is it?
This article seeks to explore what the ḥadīṯ literature is from a theoretical perspective. Developing ideas first formulated by Andrew Newman, it will be argued that the “ḥadīṯ literature” is an abstract concept, which, subsequently, raises a number of issues and questions. Using a comparison of two...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
2018
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In: |
Arabica
Year: 2018, Volume: 65, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 64-83 |
Further subjects: | B
Hadith
ḥadīṯ
compilation
compilation
literature
littérature
ǧihād
ǧihād
al-Biqāʿī
al-Biqāʿī
al-Suyūtī
al-Suyūtī
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Volltext (Verlag) |
Summary: | This article seeks to explore what the ḥadīṯ literature is from a theoretical perspective. Developing ideas first formulated by Andrew Newman, it will be argued that the “ḥadīṯ literature” is an abstract concept, which, subsequently, raises a number of issues and questions. Using a comparison of two works on ǧihād as a case study—al-Biqāʿī’s (d. 885/1480) Ḏayl al-istišhād bi-āyāt al-ǧihād and al-Suyūṭī’s (d. 911/1505) Arbaʿūn ḥadīṯan fī faḍl al-ǧihād—questions around the “ḥadīṯ literature” and what it is will be raised. The discussion will focus on the way in which the ḥadīṯ found in ḥadīṯ collections are affected by a compiler’s own personal discourse and historical context. It will be argued that a paradox emerges in which ḥadīṯ are both part of an abstract, atemporal “ḥadīṯ literature,” but, at the same time, rooted in the theological and historical context of the compiler. |
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Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
ISSN: | 1570-0585 |
Contains: | In: Arabica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700585-12341481 |