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Sunnah: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

A thorough and accessible overview of the Hadith literature and the science of Hadith criticism in the pre-modern and modern world is Jonathan Brown, Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (2009). P.K. Koya (compiler and ed.), Hadīth and Sunnah: Ideals and Realities, 2nd ed. rev. (2000), provides a useful introduction to these overlapping concepts and their treatment by Muslim scholars over time.

Asma Afsaruddin

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Modified link of Web site: Academia - Study of Sunnah: Significance and Challenges. Feb 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Study of Sunnah: Significance and Challenges. Oct 06, 2023
Bibliography added. Mar 09, 2018
Article revised. Mar 08, 2018
Article revised and romanization changed. May 20, 2011
Added new Web site: Ummah.com - About Islam and Muslims. Jun 28, 2006
Added new Web site: Ummah.com - About Islam and Muslims. Jun 28, 2006
Added new Web site: USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts - Sunnah and Hadith. Jun 12, 2006
Added new Web site: USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts - Sunnah and Hadith. Jun 12, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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