The axiomatization (taq‘id) of the critical method (Manhaj al-Naqd) of hadith scholars: responding to anti-intellectualism
The Criteria of Authenticity (shurut al-sihha), as a set of rules (qawa‘id), has in recent years come under severe scrutiny by contemporary hadith scholarship. This article will investigate one line of criticism which rejects the goal of developing theoretical rules(al tanzir) altogether, and i...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2023
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| Summary: | The Criteria of Authenticity (shurut al-sihha), as a set of rules (qawa‘id), has in recent
years come under severe scrutiny by contemporary hadith scholarship. This article will
investigate one line of criticism which rejects the goal of developing theoretical rules(al
tanzir) altogether, and instead encourages the applied work (al-tatbiq) of analyzing
Prophetic statements. This article will provide an epistemic analysis of the objection
which situates it within a broadly anti-intellectualist framework. I will then respond to
the objection by suggesting a different conception (tasawwur) of qawa‘id and then
arguing that the relationship between knowledge of theoretical rules, and knowledge in
the form of skills or abilities, helps rebut, or at least weakens their objection. Finally, I
will show that the critical method (manhaj al-naqd) of hadith scholars is an epistemic
apparatus (ala ma‘rifiyya), which aids those who apply it, in reasoning properly and
protects them from making errors in epistemic judgement. |
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