Hadith Notes

Hadith Studies | Arabic Manuscripts | Translations of Classical Islamic Literature | The Bukhārī Project | Instructor @qalaminstitute

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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:

https://t.co/e0AtNJv4zA

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Knowing scholars’ death dates helps beyond hadith studies. Here’s a chronological list of notable Ḥanafī scholars to help students memorize. Ornate and complex timelines can be distracting, so I prefer to keep it basic.

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The best advice I received as a hadith student: memorize scholars’ names, death dates, and regions. It helped me connect the dots.

I made this list to help students do the same. Learn a few names each week, revise regularly, and soon you’ll know them by heart.

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@hanafimuqallid Turath Publishing insha-Allah

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My book on the Ḥanafī approach to hadith has gone to print and should be available for purchase soon. More details to follow, insha-Allah.

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In a recent study, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Shāmī examines a report attributing a dismissive remark about Abū Hurayrah (r) to the Ḥanafī Imam Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī.

Here is my translation and preface to the relevant section.

https://t.co/Fpbx2YvOTi

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Ibn Ḥajar's Fatḥ al-Bārī began as basic lecture notes but evolved into a 25-year community project (& mutually "borrowed" notes from ʿAynī :)

After burning out on vol. 1, he pivoted to an "intermediate" commentary that became one of the greatest works in Islamic scholarship.

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@denzelrizzi Su'alat al-Hakim li-l-Daraqutni

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Imagine going about your day in Mecca and casually chatting with your neighbor, only to learn later that he was ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Mahdī (d. 198H) conducting field research.

His POV: "This guy had no clue what he was talking about!"

Your entire life reduced to a footnote...

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A digital copy of my book examining the interplay between hadith and empirical data (via hadith on the height of Prophet Adam) is available for download.

https://t.co/hJxGVVoCqR

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My paper examining the intellectual legacies of Anwarshāh Kashmīrī and Zāhid al-Kawtharī, two towering 20th-century Ḥanafī scholars, is now available for download.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

https://t.co/x8BIbl4gV4

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@straw_hat_ali Mainly used PowerPoint.

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I prepared a map and timeline of Imam al-Bukhārī’s life and intellectual career.

His extensive travels are not easily captured on a static image. When read alongside the timeline, the overall trajectory becomes much clearer.

https://t.co/seAT40dAJ8

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@SasanianShah We importated a blank map and designed it on PowerPoint. I initially thought to remove modern names, but kept them in a smaller and lighter font for reference.

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My book on Mawlānā Ahmad ʿAlī Sahāranpūrī and his contributions to Hadith literature will be available at the upcoming Cairo Book Fair.

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@TheMuslimTheist Agreed. I say "touch on briefly" to avoid over promising, but in reality the whole book is meant to deal with some of the core issues.

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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:

https://t.co/e0AtNJv4zA

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@MTahmidAhmed https://t.co/gb8JemWmLv

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To streamline the material I share here and across other platforms, it was suggested that I pivot to Telegram for more frequent updates. For those interested, the channel can be joined with this link:

https://t.co/Hfdm7S2SMU

I still plan to post here occasionally - insha-Allah.

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There are many intriguing methodological traits of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī that continue to fascinate me but most prominent are (1) Bukhārī's subtle critique of hadith by way of omission and (2) his presentation of defective hadith.

[Below: hadith on the Mahdī and Walīd’s flogging]