The canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim : the formation and function of the Sunnī Ḥadīth Canon / / by Jonathan Brown.

• Superior document: Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, v. 69
• Author: Brown, Jonathan
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic history and civilization ; v. 69.
• Physical Description: xxii, 431 p.
• Notes: Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Chicago, 2006.

The two 'Authentic' ḥadīth collections of al-Bukhārī and Muslim are the most famous books in Islam after the Qur'ān – a reality left unstudied until now. This book charts the origins, development and functions of these two texts through the lens of canonicity. It examines how the book...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary material / A.C. Brown
• Chapter One. Introduction / A.C. Brown
• Chapter Two. The study of canons and canonization / A.C. Brown
• Chapter Three. The genesis of Al-Bukhārī and muslim / A.C. Brown
• Chapter Four. A "period of intense canonical process": Imagination and the study of the Ṣaḥīḥayn in the long fourth/tenth century / A.C. Brown
• Chapter Five. Canon and community: Al-Ḥākim Al-Naysābūrī and the canonization of theṢaḥīḥayn / A.C. Brown
• Chapter Six. The canon and the needs of the community: The Ṣaḥīḥayn as measure of authenticity, authoritative reference and exemplum / A.C. Brown
• Chapter Seven. The principle of charity and the creation of canonical culture / A.C. Brown
• Chapter Eight. The canon and criticism: Iconoclasm and rejection of canonical culture from Ibn Al-Ṣalāḥ to the modern Salafi movement / A.C. Brown
• Chapter Nine. Canon and synecdoche: The Ṣaḥīḥayn in narrative and ritual / A.C. Brown
• Chapter Ten. Conclusion / A.C. Brown
• Appendix I. References for the Ṣaḥīḥayn network chart / A.C. Brown
• Appendix II. The question of the attribution of the Ṣaḥīḥayn / A.C. Brown
• Select bibliography / A.C. Brown
• Index / A.C. Brown.