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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782575403321

Autore

Brown Jonathan (Jonathan A. C.)

Titolo

The canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim [[electronic resource] ] : the formation and function of the Sunnī Ḥadīth Canon / / by Jonathan Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92139-4

9786611921392

90-474-2034-9

Descrizione fisica

xxii, 431 p

Collana

Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, , 0929-2403 ; ; v. 69

Disciplina

297.12

Soggetti

Hadith - Authorities - History

Islam - Doctrines - History

Sunnites

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Chicago, 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material / A.C. Brown -- Chapter One. Introduction / A.C. Brown -- Chapter Two. The study of canons and canonization / A.C. Brown -- Chapter Three. The genesis of Al-Bukhārī and muslim / A.C. Brown -- Chapter Four. A "period of intense canonical process": Imagination and the study of the Ṣaḥīḥayn in the long fourth/tenth century / A.C. Brown -- Chapter Five. Canon and community: Al-Ḥākim Al-Naysābūrī and the canonization of theṢaḥīḥayn / A.C. Brown -- Chapter Six. The canon and the needs of the community: The Ṣaḥīḥayn as measure of authenticity, authoritative reference and exemplum / A.C. Brown -- Chapter Seven. The principle of charity and the creation of canonical culture / A.C. Brown -- Chapter Eight. The canon and criticism: Iconoclasm and rejection of canonical culture from Ibn Al-Ṣalāḥ to the modern Salafi movement / A.C. Brown -- Chapter Nine. Canon and synecdoche: The Ṣaḥīḥayn in narrative and ritual / A.C. Brown -- Chapter Ten. Conclusion / A.C. Brown -- Appendix I. References for the Ṣaḥīḥayn network chart / A.C. Brown -- Appendix II. The question of the attribution of the Ṣaḥīḥayn / A.C. Brown -- Select bibliography / A.C. Brown -- Index / A.C. Brown.



Sommario/riassunto

The two 'Authentic' ḥadīth collections of al-Bukhārī and Muslim are the most famous books in Islam after the Qur'ān – a reality left unstudied until now. This book charts the origins, development and functions of these two texts through the lens of canonicity. It examines how the books went from controversial to indispensable as they became the common language for discussing the Prophet’s legacy among the various Sunni schools of law. The book also studies the role of the ḥadīth canon in ritual and narrative. Finally, it investigates the canonical culture built around the texts as well as the trend in Sunni scholarship that rejected it, exploring this tension in contemporary debates between Salafī movements and the traditional schools of law.