Early Hadĭth Literature, Principal of Collection and genre of Authenticity and the Western Approach - Softcover

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Classical Islamic sources suggest that during the lifetime of the Prophet(pbuh) and his Companions, the Sunnah had existed integrally as part of a ‘living’ phenomenon which his peers were encouraged to emulate. The traditional understanding was that despite earlier reservations, the Prophet (pbuh) had permitted his Companions to record his very words and deeds. However, more decisively, upon the Prophet’s (pbuh) passing and the demise of his Companions, later scholarship felt compelled to safeguard his religious legacy for posterity and the move towards the codification of the reports connected with his lifetime afforded a means of physically preserving all aspects of his living legacy. Again, traditional sources refer to the role of prominent luminaries from the early periods such as the Umayyad caliph ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (d. 99–101/717–737), Abe Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (d. 120/737) and the jurist Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (d. 124/742), all are mentioned actively involved in efforts to preserve and codify hadĭth literature and its complementary Sunna.

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