The Sunna and its Status in Islamic Law The Search for a Sound Hadith [Hardcover]

This volume provides an overview of the nature and scope of the concept of Sunna both in pre-modern and modern Islamic discussions. The main focus is on shedding more light on the context in which the term Sunna in the major works of Islamic law and legal theory across all of the major madhahib was employed during the first six centuries Hijri.

 

Introduction: The Concept of Sunna and its Status in Islamic Law; Adis Duderija

1.      The Concept of Sunna Based on the Analysis of S+ra and Historical Works from the First Three Centuries of Islam; Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort

2.      Ucul al-sunna: The Tenets of Islamic Orthodoxy and Orthopraxy According to the Traditionalists (Ahl al-%adith); Ahmet Temel

3.       The Concept of Sunna in Muctazilite Thought; Usman Ghani

4.       The Sunnification of $ad+th and the Hadithification of Sunna; Aisha Y. Musa

5.        The Concept of Sunna in the Ibadi Madhhab; Ersilia Francesca

6.       The Concept of Sunna in Early and Medieval $anafism; Ali Altaf Mian

7.       The Concept of Sunna in the Early Sh
fi?+ Madhhab; Gavin Picken

8.       From Tradition to Institution: Sunna in the Early $anbal+ School; Harith bin Ramli

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