Machine derived contents note: 1. A tentative chronology of the origins of Muslim; 2. The role of qadis in the spreading of traditions; 3. The man kadhaba tradition and the prohibition of lamenting the dead. An investigation into mutawatir traditions; 4. An appraisal of muslim hadith criticism. Rijal works as depositories of transmitters' names; 5. 'Accepting the traditions means knowing the men'
