Introduction to Hadith Scholarship | A FREE Online course for Sisters | Mar 24

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FREE Online Short Course in English for Sisters Only

Myths and Realities about Hadith

An Introduction to Hadith Scholarship

By Alimah M. Farooqi

MAR 24 - APR 14

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Course Description:


Hadith scholarship has historically been one of the most robust areas of Islamic Scholarship. From preservation, classification, to interpretation, only scholars of the highest rank could approach hadith. However, hadith have been the subject of most misconceptions and misunderstandings in our times. From outright rejection as being false or unreliable to gross misinterpretations by novices, our lack of understanding of hadith endangers our understanding of Islam itself, and belittles the sophistication and rigor that generations of hadith specialists introduced to the tradition.

This module introduces the discipline of Hadith Methodology as understood by the muhaditheen (hadith specialists) and addresses misconceptions and objections in light of this understanding. It gives an overview of the classification of hadith, and discusses whether our understanding of Islam should be based just on sahih hadith, whether dhaeef hadith are forged and anything said on their basis must be shunned, the place of the Six Books (sihah sitta) in the hadith corpus and whether a hadith that is not in the sahih of Bukhari or Muslim ever be reliable. It also discusses the preservation of hadith and the history of forgeries and fabrications, why hadith were not written earlier and whether this threatens their authenticity.

Course Outline:

Topics

Session One: The Authoritativeness of the Sunnah and its Authenticity

• The Qur’an and the Sunnah: wahi matlu and ghayr matlu
  
• The Qur’an on the Authoritativeness of the Sunnah
  
• Understanding the Oral Tradition: Why weren’t hadith written down?
  
• From the Oral Tradition to Textualization: Stages of Transmission of hadith from the Prophet s.w.s. to texts
  
• The History of Forgeries and Fabrications
  
• How could every single hadith be scrutinized and how can we be sure that all forgeries and fabrications were detected?

Session Two: Hadith Criticism

• Defining a Hadith
  
• The Development of Hadith Criticism and Narrator Analysis
  
• Understanding Sahih, Hasan, Dhaeef and Maudhu
  
• Which hadith can Islamic Law be based on and is Islam based in Dhaeef Hadith?
  
• The Use of Dhaeef Hadith: Corroboration and Correlation

Session Three: Understanding the Six Book

• Are the Six Books of hadith the Only Reliable Source of hadith?
  
• Do Bukhari and Muslim have all Sahih hadith and only Sahih hadith?
  
• Should our understanding of Islam only be based just on sahih hadith?
  
• Narrators of hadith: Out of the 124,000 Sahaba why did so few sahaba narrate hadith?
  
• Meanings of Haidth: The division of labour between the Legal experts (fuqaha) and hadith specialists (muhaditheen) – “The fuqaha have more ilm in the meaning of hadith” (Imam Tirmidhi)

Course Schedule:

Course Begins: Tue. Mar 24, 2015
Course Ends: Tue. April 14, 2015

Days: Every Tuesday

Course duration: 4 weeks

Number of sessions: 4

Time: 12:15 PM New York | 5:15 PM London | 7:15 PM Johannesburg | 10:15 PM Islamabad

Session Duration: 75 mins

Format: LIVE Online Sessions on

www.wiziq.com

Cost: Free

*Online Recordings are available for those who find timings inconvenient.

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Can the audio files be available for those who can't take part in the course. You can post them in the sister's section so only sisters can listen. JazakAllaho khairan