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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1. VerfasserIn: Burge, Stephen R. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2018
In: Arabica
Jahr: 2018, Band: 65, Heft: 1/2, Seiten: 64-83
weitere Schlagwörter:B Ḥadīṯ ḥadīṯ compilation compilation literature littérature ǧihād ǧihād al-Biqāʿī al-Biqāʿī al-Suyūtī al-Suyūtī
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1570-0585
Enthält:In: Arabica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700585-12341481