The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim
The Formation and Function of the Sunni ?adith Canon
Published on 11. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
454 pages
978-90-04-21152-0 (ISBN)
Description
The two 'Authentic' ?adith collections of al-Bukhari and Muslim are the most famous books in Islam after the Qur'an - a reality left unstudied until now. This book charts the origins, development and functions of these 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. The book also studies the role of the ?adith canon in ritual and narrative. Finally, it investigates the canonical culture built around the texts as well as the trend in Sunni scholarship that rejected it, exploring this tension in contemporary debates between Salafi movements and the traditional schools of law.
Reviews / Votes
[Brown] has produced an ambitious study that will itself become a canon for the study of the canonization of the Sa?i?ayn and so like them it is worthy of much attention and analysis.Herbert Berg
This is an unusual book in many ways, all of them good. Its scope is strikingly broad, it is in conversation with the latest scholarship both in the field of specialization and also in the wider world of theory, and it is well-written. While one may disagree with some of Brown's specific and general conclusions, this book deserves to be read for many years to come.
Jonathan E. Brockopp, Islamic Law and Society, 2010
"This study abandons the conventional genre to which the Orientalists, who have explored the prophetic tradition, have accustomed us: it really brings something new. [...] this book deserves to be consulted for a good number of years to come."
Michel Lagarde in Islamochristiana 37 (2011), p.306-307.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
All those interested in Islamic intellectual history from the Classical to the Modern periods, Salafi Islam, canonization and the functions of hadith in Islamic civilization.
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-21152-0 (9789004211520)
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Jonathan Brown (PhD 2006) is a professor of Islamic Studies in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington DC. His other publications included Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Oneworld, 2009) and Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2011).