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I. Significance of the Sunnah and the Authority of Prophet Muhammad
a) Preliminary Definitions
b) Prophet Muhammad and his Rank according to the Qur’an
II. Brief History of the Early Muslim`s efforts in the Preservation of the Sunnah
a) From the Prophet through the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
b) The Scrupulousness or high moral integrity, of the Companions.
c) Documentation & Preservation of the Sunnah during and after the lifetime of the Prophet
d) Critical Traditionalists after the companions
e) Origin of isnad and its Role in Preserving the Sunnah
f) Development of the“Science of Rijal” d
g) Development of new sciences and thinkers/scholars
III. Hadith Literature: Major Compilations of Hadith and their Authors
a) Origins
b) The Musnads (Collections)
c) The Musnad of al-Tayalisi
d) The Musnad of Ahmad
e) Other Musnad Works
f) The Musannaf Works
g) The Musannaf of ‘Abdul-Razzaq
h) The Musannaf of ibn abi Shaybah
i) The Sahih (Sound) of al-Bukhari
j) The Sahih of Muslim
k) The Sunan (precedent )Works
l) The Sunan of Abu Dawud
m) The Jami‘ of Al-Tirmidhi
n) The Sunan of An-Nasa’i
o) The Sunan of Ad-Darimi
p) The Sunan of Ibn Majah
q) The Sunan of Al-Daraqutni
r) The Sunan of al-Bayhaqi
s) The Sunan of Sa‘id b. Mansur
t) The Sunan of Abu Muslim Al-Kashshi
u) The Mu‘jam works
v) Ranking of Hadith Collections
IV. Hadith Terminology: Concept, Origin and Important Treatises
a) Definition of Hadith, Sunnah, Khabar, Athar,
b) Distinction between Sunnah and Hadith
c) Definition of ‘ilm mustalah al-hadith
d) Emergence and Development of ‘ilm mustalah al-hadith
e) Prominent Treatises of Mustalah al-Hadith
V. Classification of Hadith according to its Authority
a) Marfu‘
b) Mawquf
c) Maqtu‘
d) Hadith Qudsi
VI. Classification of Hadith: Mutawatir and Ahad
a) Concept of Tawatur
b) Mutawatir Hadith
c) Types of Mutawatir
d) Ahad (Solitary) Hadith
e) Al-Mashur
f) Al-‘Aziz
g) Al-Gharib
h) Al-Fard
VII. Categories of Accepted Ahadith
a) Sahih (Sound) Hadith
b) Hasan (Good) Hadith
c) Sahih li-ghayrih
d) Hasan li-ghayrih
e) Grading of authentic Ahadith
f) Further classification of accepted Ahadith: legally effective/inEffective Ahadith
g) Conflict in Hadith: reconciliation of seemingly contradictory Ahadith
h) Abrogating and Abrogated Ahadith
VIII. Rejected Ahadith and Reasons for Rejecting Specific Ahadith
Definition of a Weak Hadith
a) Weakness due to apparent deficiency (or gap) in the Isnad
b) Mu‘allaq
c) Mursal
d) Mu‘dal
e) Munqati‘
Weakness due to Implied deficiency (or gap) in the Isnad
a) Mudallas
b) Implicit Mursal
c) Types of Munqati‘ Hadith
d) Mu‘an‘an
e) Mu’an’an
Weakness due to criticism of the Narrator
a) Fabricated Tradition
b) Matruk
c) Munkar
d) Ma‘ruf
e) Shadh
f) Mahfuz
g) Mu‘allal
h) Conflict to Ahadith Related by more Trustworthy narrators
i) Mudraj
j) Maqlub
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l) Mudtarib
m) Musahhaf
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o) Bid‘ah (Innovation)
p) Bad memory
IX. The Qualifications of Hadith Narrators and Their Grades
a) Al-Jarh wa al-Ta‘dil
b) Important treatises on the subject
c) Grades of hadith narrators
d) Terminology used by prominent scholars of al-Jarh wa al-Ta‘dil and their implications
e) Asma’ ar-Rijal
f) Tabaqat ar-Rijal
X. The Etiquettes of Reception and Delivery of Hadith
a) Etiquettes of Sessions
b) Age of Students
c) Certificates of Graduation
d) Channels of the Reception of Hadith
XI. Forgery in Hadith
a) Emergence of Forgery
b) Incentives for Forgery
c) Prominent Treatises on Forged Ahadith
XII. Hadith Methodology
XIII. Sunnah and Orientalism
XIV. Biographies of Prominent Figures of Hadith
Most prolific narrators among the companions
a) Abu Hurayrah
b) ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar
c) Anas ibn Malik
d) ‘Aishah, Mother of the believers
e) ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas
f) Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah
g) Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri
Great followers
a) Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyib
b) Nafi‘ the client of ibn ‘Umar
c) Muhammad ibn Sirin
d) Ibn Shihab Az-Zuhri
e) Sa‘id ibn Jubayr
f) Imam Abu Hanifah
Prominent figures of the third generation after the Prophet
a) Malik ibn Anas
b) Imam Ash-Shaf‘i
c) Sufyan Ath-Thawri
d) Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah
e) Al-Lath Sa‘d
Prominent figures of the fourth generation after the Prophet
a) Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
b) Imam al-Bukhari
c) Imam Muslim
d) Imam At-Tirmidhi
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