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DEVELOPMENT OF NARRATION LITERATURE

M.Fuad Sezgin, PHD

The hadith (sayings of the Prophet) literature has developed in the following stages:

a) The Kitabat al-Hadith, that is the recording of a hadith on paper during the period of the Sahaba (Companions of the Prophet) and the early Tabiin (Successors of Companions of the Prophet).

b) The Tedvin al-hadith (collection of hadith), the compilation of scattered materials over the last quarter of the first century and the first quarter of the second century.

A CRITIQUE AND EVALUATION OF NARRATIONS CONCERNED WITH THE RECORDING OF HADITHS

Ahmet Yucel, PhD It is an undeniable fact that writing plays a significant role in passing information on to future generations. However, recording information is not sufficient on its own for reliable transfer, as the soundness of information is not so much related to whether it has been recorded or not, but rather is connected with the reliability of the transmitters..
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THE SOCIAL AND ORAL STRUCTURE OF ISNAD (CHAIN OF TRANSMISSION): WHOSE NARRATIVE

Recep Senturk, PhD

The more than 1400 year-old social network of hadith (sayings of the Prophet) scholars is known traditionally as the isnad (chain of transmission) system which includes innumerable scholars in Islam’s broad geography. The intellectual pursuit of these scholars is known as the science(s) of hadith. Here the ilim (science) faces a systematic accumulation of knowledge.

THE SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE HADITH TRANSMISSION SYSTEM:

Recep Senturk, PhD

The hadith transmission network, or chains of narration, which has covered the entire Islamic world, from Malaysia to Central Asia, and from Hijaz to Morocco for fifteen centuries, functioning as the nervous system of the Muslim world, is an interesting form of social organization, which makes social transmition of knowledge / information possible between generations and among different regions.