Al-Mahdi Institute has announced the call for papers for their upcoming two-day conference, running from Monday, 12 February until Tuesday, 13 February 2024, titled: ‘Compiling a Tradition: The History and Development of the Early Imāmī Hadith Corpora, convened by...
Read More »Between Qum and Qayrawān: Unearthing Early Shī‘ī Ḥadı̄th Sources
In this article, I develop and test a new methodology of unearthing early Shī‘ī ḥadı̄th sources that served as the basis for the later collections of the fourth/tenth century. This method, besides answering the question of historicity, enables us to understand the dissemination of...
Read More »Ḥadīth, the Shī‘a Cultural Memory
One of the specialized Ḥadīth domains in the recent orientalist studies is the investigation of the reasons and factors of the appearance and advent of the Shī‘a Ḥadīths and the reason behind the Shī‘a followers and scholars in...
Read More »Book: Modern Hadith Studies: Continuing Debates and New Approaches
This book brings together western and Middle Eastern scholars to explore medieval and modern approaches to the study of Hadith...
Read More »One Who Ignores Hadith Cannot Follow the Religious Teachings: Shaykh Tahir Jaffer
Since certain matters related to religion are only expounded in the hadith, one who ignores hadith cannot properly follow the religious teachings, said...
Read More »Woman’s Identity and Rethinking the Hadith +PDF
This book is a first step in a comprehensive attempt to contrast Hadith with the Qur`an in order to uncover some of the unjust practices by Muslims concerning women and....
Read More »Book: Woman’s Identity and Rethinking the Hadith
This book is a first step in a comprehensive attempt to contrast Hadith with the Qur`an in order to uncover some of the unjust practices by Muslims concerning women and gender issues...
Read More »Gender and Legal Authority: An Examination of Early Juristic Opposition to Women’s Hadīth Transmission
This article analyzes two cases of early juristic opposition to the legal authority of hadīth narrated by women...
Read More »Tadwīn al-Ḥadīth: Introduction and Preliminary Discussions
The following is a lightly-edited selection from baḥth al-khārij (advanced jurisprudence) lectures of Sayyid Aḥmad Madadī, a respected jurist and student of Sayyid Abū l-Qāsim al-Khūʾī and SayyidʿAlī al-Sīstānī. He resides and teaches in the holy city of...
Read More »Call for Papers International: Conference on Qur’an and Hadith Studies
The second international conference on Quran and Hadith studies themed “Qur’an-Hadith Studies, Information Technology and Media: Challenges and Opportunities” will be held at Ushuludin Faculty, State Islamic University...
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