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Author Brown, Jonathan (Jonathan A. C.)

Title The canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim : the formation and function of the Sunnī adīth Canon / by Jonathan Brown
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 431 pages)
Series Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts ; v. 69
Islamic history and civilization ; v. 69.
Contents List of Chart; Acknowledgments; Dates and Abbreviations; Preface; PART ONE; I. Introduction; II. The Study of Canons and Canonization; III. The Genesis of al-Bukhari and Muslim; IV. A "Period of Intense Canonical Process": Imagination and the Study of the Sahihayn in the Long Fourth/Tenth Century; V. Canon and Community: al-Hakim al-Naysaburi and the Canonization of the Sahihayn; PART TWO; VI. The Canon and the Needs of the Community: The Sahihayn as Measure of Authenticity, Authoritative Reference and Exemplum; VII. The Principle of Charity and the Creation of Canonical Culture
Summary Drawing on canon studies, this book charts the origins, development and functions of the 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-409) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Bukhārī, Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl, 810-870. Jāmiʿ al-ṣaḥīḥ.
Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Qushayrī, approximately 821-875. Jāmiʻ al-ṣaḥīḥ.
Bukhārī, Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl, 810-870 -- Hadith
Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Qushayrī, approximately 821-875 -- Hadith
SUBJECT Bukhārī, Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl, 810-870 fast
Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Qushayrī, approximately 821-875 fast
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Jāmiʻ al-ṣaḥīḥ (Bukhārī, Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl) fast
Jāmiʻ al-ṣaḥīḥ (Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Qushayrī) fast
Subject Islamic law -- Sources -- History
Sunnites.
Hadith -- Authorities -- History
Islamic law -- Sources -- History
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
Hadith
Hadith -- Authorities
Islamic law
Sunnites
Kanon
Hadith.
Arabische wereld.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047420347
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