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- Title
On the Use of 'Fitrah ' as a Measure in Determining Whether a Narrated Hadīth Belongs to the Prophet Muhammad.
- Authors
Coşkun, Selçuk
- Abstract
One of the fundamental issues in the area of hadith is to determine whether a hadith belongs to the Prophet. In this context, two common methods are used in general, one of which is the critique of text while the other is that of sanad. In this study an analysis is carried out by means of fitrah, which is studied within the context of critique of text in conventional literature but has not been emphasized at a satisfactory level. The material is organized as follows: Following the introduction where the motivation is laid out, the analysis is presented in three subsections. In the first section the concept of fitrah has been discussed in view of hadiths and relevant verses of Quran. In the following section the possibility of decision making on the authenticity of a hadith based on the measure of pure fitrah has been disccused. Finally in the last section we advocate the idea that in determining the authenticity of a hadith features of fitrah have to be used as a criteria, instead of pure fithrah.
- Subjects
HADITH criticism; TEXTUAL criticism; POLYSEMY; TERMS &; phrases; GRAPHOLOGY; ARABIC abbreviations; ARABIC calligraphy; ARABIC etymology; QUR'AN
- Publication
Journal of Hadith Studies / Hadis Tetkikleri Dergisi, 2008, Vol 6, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
1304-3617
- Publication type
Article