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My latest paper, which reconstructs a lost recension of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, has just been published in the Journal of Islamic Studies (Oxford University Press). It is available here:
academic.oup.com/jis/advance-ar…
Hadith Notes
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Hadith Notes
@Hadith_Notes
Hadith Studies | Arabic Manuscripts | Translations of Classical Islamic Literature | The Bukhārī Project | Instructor @qalaminstitute
- After two years of collating and analyzing nearly a thousand textual variants of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, comparing its notable manuscripts, and tracing its centuries-long transmission history, my book on the textual integrity of the Ṣaḥīḥ will be available soon, in-shā-Allāh.
- Here is a timeline of hadith scholarship I’ve been working on. The essay is short but the focus is the infographic, which helps students visualize the different phases of hadith scholarship with its key figures, approaches, and regions. See: tinyurl.com/bdzk3u6e
- In 832 AH/1429 CE, a female copyist transcribed Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī in one codex. She then casually added—with immense humility and complete anonymity—that this was the 12th copy she had written.
- An “alfiyya” is a manuscript that is at least a thousand years old. Here is a manuscript of Shāfiʿī’s al-Risāla transcribed by Rabīʿ in c. 200 AH/815 CE, during the author's lifetime. Over 1200 years old, this is one of the earliest extant Islamic manuscripts written on paper!
- Thought you were an introvert? With his social battery drained, Ibn al-Maḥlūbah barricaded his door from the inside with stones to keep people away! A concerned neighbor delivered essentials to him through the chimney (and later smuggled Ibn Ḥajar in for a meeting).
- After months of planning, I’m happy to share an online platform on the life and works of Imām al-Bukhārī and his Ṣaḥīḥ. While the website is ongoing and will see periodic updates, here is the first contribution: an overview of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī. bukhariproject.org/sahih
- After several weeks of editing and adding extra content, "A Beginner's Companion to Arabic Manuscripts" is finally scheduled for release within a week, in shāʾ Allāh.
- One of the earliest extant manuscripts of Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, transcribed in 582 AH/1186 CE, is currently housed in the Khalidi Library in Jerusalem—a stone’s throw away from al-Masjid al-Aqṣā. It was read in a gathering of hadith scholars at al-Aqṣā in Ramadan 9, 758 AH.
- Compiled by Bukhārī—relayed by Urmawī–dictated by Mizzī—audited by Ibn Kathīr and his wife—annotated by Ibn Rajab—rejoined by Ibn Ḥajar—[endowed by an Ottoman sultan] From Bukhara → Iraq → Syria → Egypt [→ Turkey], centuries of Hadith scholarship on display in one treatise!
- I co-authored this paper with Shaykh Zeeshan Chaudri, exploring the legal guidelines for gender interactions in Islam. academia.edu/125219090/GUID…
- Word of the Day Ḥanfash: a Ḥanbalī turned Ḥanafī turned Shafiʿī. (Not be confused with Ḥinfish: a viper).
- 1) According to one study, Abū Hurayra narrates 1336 hadith of which only 220 are uncorroborated, 16.5%. The popular number of 5374 hadith stems from a miscalculation by Ibn Ḥazm. The various hadith he is often criticized for are corroborated by others like Ibn ʿUmar, et al.
