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Evidence for the Origins of Sunni Hadith Criticism? A Diachronic Study of 1,000+ Hadith-Transmitter Judgements

January 28, 2023 by Joshua Little

In an ongoing series of articles, I have been exploring the much-debated question of the origins of proto-SunnÄ« Hadith criticism: in Part 1 (here), I summarised the relevant lists and reports recorded in the traditional SunnÄ« sources; in Part 2 (here), I summarised the last century or so of secular scholarship thereon, canvasing all of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Hadith, History, Textual Analysis Tagged: Aisha, Diachronic, Hadith, Hadith criticism, Hadith literature, Joshua Little, Prophet, Sunni, Tradents, Transmitters

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