Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY OF HADITH EDP203 3. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors RECEP GÜRKAN GÖKTAŞ
Assistants
Goals The aim of this course is to understand the formation and development of the science of hadith and its methodology.
Course Content The course offers a balanced introduction to the history and methodology of hadith. Beginnings of hadith transmission, collection and classification of hadith, the development of the science of hadith and major figures and events in the history of hadith up until the 5th/11th century are discussed. Through the course, students are expected to learn the essential terminology of hadith scholarship and traditional techniques of hadith criticism. They should also be able to gain familiarity with various genres of the hadith literature and its development.
Learning Outcomes 1) Comprehends the process of formation and development of Hadith reports.
2) Comprehends the main issues of the history and methodology of hadith.
3) Explains the oral and written transmission of the hadith together with its causes and results.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week General introduction; English transliteration of Arabic; basic terminology Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Wider context of hadith; hadith and sunna; General introduction to Uṣūl al-ḥadīth Lecture; Question Answer

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week The Prophet Muhammad: his mission and his role; The authority of hadith and sunna; the question of authenticity of hadith; Subject matter of uṣūl al-ḥadīth; Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ and his book; contents of Kitāb Maʿrifat Anwāʿ ʿIlm al-Ḥadīth; methodology of writing methodology Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion

 Homework
4. Week Beginnings of hadith transmission; the age of companions (ṣaḥāba) and successors (tābiʿūn); ṣaḥīḥ, ḥasan, ḍaʿīf Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week Oral and written transmission of hadith; the question of writing down the aḥādīth; musnad, muttaṣil, marfūʿ, mawqūf, maqṭūʿ, ḥadīth qudsī, ʿālī, nāzil Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week The use of isnād; its history and problems; the start of riḥla fī ṭalab al-ḥadīth; mursal, munqaṭiʿ, muʿḍal, mudallas Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week The collection of aḥādīth (tadwīn); classification of aḥādīth (taṣnīf); first hadith works and their nature; shādhdh, munkar, iʿtibār, mutābiʿ, shāhid Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week Hadith forgery; muʿallal, muḍṭarib, mudraj Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving

 Homework
9. Week Beginnings of hadith criticism; development of terminology; maqlūb, muṣaḥḥaf, muḥarraf, mawḍūʿ Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving

 Homework
10. Week The rise of Ahl al-Ḥadīth; Ahl al-Raʾy – Ahl al-Ḥadīth; al-Shāfiʿī factor; Miḥna and its outcomes; mutawātir, mashhūr, ʿazīz, gharīb, fard Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week 3rd century: The age of the six books (al-kutub al-sitta) I: Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim and their reception; kitābat al-ḥadīth; al-taḥammul wa-al-adāʾ;riwāya bi-al-lafẓ - riwāya bi-al-maʿnā Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week 3rd century: The age of the six books (al-kutub al-sitta) II: The Four Sunans; gharīb al-ḥadīth; nāsikh-mansūkh, mukhtalif al-ḥadīth, fiqh al-ḥadīth, asbāb wurūd al-ḥadīth Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week 4th-5th centuries; towards finalization of the hadith corpus; how the six books became al-kutub al-sitta; An overview of the development of Hadith literature in later centuries Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Gregor Schoeler. The Genesis of Literature in Islam: From the Aural to the Read. Revised edition. In collaboration with and translated by Shawkat M. Toorawa. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
Harald Motzki (ed.). Ḥadīth: Origins and Developments. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004.
Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ al-Shahrazūrī. An Introduction to the Science of the Ḥadīth = Kitāb Maʿrifat Anwāʿ ʿIlm al-Ḥadīth. Translated by Eerik Dickinson. Reading, UK: Garnet Publishing, 2006.
Israr Ahmad Khan. Authentication of Hadith: Redefining the Criteria. London & Washington: The International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2010.
Jonathan A. C. Brown. Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World. Oxford: Oneworld, 2009.
Muhammad Abdul Rauf. “Ḥadīth Literature – I: The Development of the Science of Ḥadīth,” in: Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period, ed. A. F. L. Beeston et al. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983), pp. 271-288.
Muhammad Mustafa Azami. Studies in Hadīth Methodology and Literature. Kuala Lumpur: Islamic Book Trust, n.d.
Muḥammad Zubayr Ṣiddīqī. Ḥadīth Literature: Its Origin, Development & Special Features. Edited and revised by Abdal Hakim Murad. Cambridge: The Islamic Texts Society, 1993.
Mustafa Shah (ed.). The Ḥadīth. New York: Routledge, 2010. (Contains 61 previously published articles on hadith in 4 vols.: v. 1. Codification, authenticity -- v. 2. Isnāds: transmission, terminology, and the issue of dating -- v. 3. Scholarship, perspectives, and criticism -- v. 4. Narrative, context, and content.)

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Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Midterm Exam 1 2
Final Exam 1 2
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