Said the Prophet of God: Hadith Commentary Across a MillenniumAlthough scholars have long studied how Muslims authenticated and transmitted Muhammad’s sayings and practices (hadith), the story of how they interpreted and reinterpreted the meanings of hadith over the past millennium has yet to be told. Joel Blecher takes up this charge, illuminating the rich social and intellectual history of hadith commentary at three critical moments: classical Andalusia, medieval Egypt, and modern India. Weaving together tales of public debates, high court rivalries, and colonial politics with analyses of contemporary field notes and fine-grained arguments adorning the margins of manuscripts, Said the Prophet of God offers new avenues for the study of religion, history, anthropology, and law. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
andalusia in the last days of the umayyads | 19 |
2 | 20 |
The Perils of Public Commentary | 21 |
The Inner World of the Interpretive Tradition | 30 |
21 | 37 |
egypt and syria under the mamluks | 47 |
3 | 49 |
Gujarat to Deoband to Bhopal | 143 |
Arabic to Urdu to English | 164 |
Islamism ISIS and the Politics of Interpretation xi | 184 |
19 | 191 |
Acknowledgments | 197 |
30 | 206 |
49 | 218 |
65 | 219 |
6 | 50 |
For Sultans Students and Scholars | 51 |
Rivalry and Revision in the Manuscript | 65 |
Oratory in the Shade of the Sultans Garden | 80 |
Gatekeepers of the | 98 |
Mysteries of the Thresholds | 111 |
The Art of Concision | 129 |
early modern india and beyond | 141 |
80 | 222 |
98 | 230 |
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Abū Ahl-i Hadith Ahmad al-Asqalāni al-bārī al-Bukhārī al-Bukhāri and Muslim al-Din al-ghumr al-Jawāhir al-Muʾayyad al-Nawawi al-qāri Al-Sakhāwī al-Suyuti al-ta'zir wa’l-adab al-wahy Allāh Andalusia Arabic audiences authority Bāb Kam al-ta'zir Bājī Beirut Bukhārī’s Bukhārī’s chapter headings Cairo Canonization of al-Bukhāri century chain of transmission commentary on S.ah.īh commentary session Dār Dâwüd debate Deobandi discretionary punishment exegetical Fath al-bari Goldziher Gujarat H.anafī H.asan Khān hadith collections hadith commentary hadith scholars Harawī Ibid Ibn al-Mulaqqin Ibn al-Munayyir Ibn Bat.t.āl Ibn H.ajar Ibn Hazm Ibn Khaldūn India interpretive Intiqād al-i Islamic Law Jalāl jurists Kashmīrī Kitāb al-Hajj Kitāb al-Hudüd Kitāb al-Muhāribin lashes legal school Mālikī Mamluk Mamluk period Mamluk-era manuscript mathnā mentary Muhallab Muhammad Muhammad ibn Muqaddimah Muslim scholars one’s opinion political Princeton Prophet Qur’an reading recitation Sahih Muslim scholarly Shāfiʿī Shāh Shaykh social sultan Sunan Suyūt.ī tion Tokatly tradition translation Urdu Uthmāni Zakariyyā Zaman ʿAbd ʿAynī ʿUthmānī