Ulum al-Hadith

In brief: Specialise in Ulum al-Hadith: the sciences of hadith transmission, narrator criticism, authentication, terminology and the major collections.

Research the methods by which hadith were collected, transmitted, criticised and authenticated.

Sample research areas

• Hadith terminology and classification (mustalah)
• Narrator criticism (jarh and ta’dil)
• History of hadith writing and compilation
• Hadith and Hanafi jurisprudence
• Commentary traditions on the major collections

Key sources and texts

• Muqaddimat Ibn al-Salah
• Nukhbat al-Fikr of Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
• Qawa’id fi ‘Ulum al-Hadith of Zafar Ahmad al-‘Uthmani
• The six canonical collections and their commentaries

Where graduates serve

• Teaching and lecturing
• Research and publishing
• Fatwa and community education

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