Western Works and Views On Hadith: Beginnings, Nature, and Impact

Year 2014, , 203 - 224, 06.01.2015

Mohammed Alshehrı

https://doi.org/10.15370/muifd.41804

Abstract

This is a brief history of the beginning of the Orientalist studies of hadith, which will shed light on the most prominent works and views Western scholars on hadith, the nature as well as the impact of their outcomes on Muslims and Western worlds. The beginning era of such studies was between 1890 to 1950. In this period, two influential and founding works of Ignatz Goldziher and Josef Schacht emerged, and both have immensely contributed in shaping the Western perspective regarding hadith, the Prophetic Biography and early history of Islam.

Keywords

Hadith, Orientalists (Western scholars), Goldziher, Schacht, isnad, matn, Quranists.This is a brief historical glance at the major scholarly views on hadith literature by the early Orientalists who laid down the foundations of the Western studies of Hadi

Batı’da Hadis Üzerine Yapılan Çalışmalar ve Temel Yaklaşlımlar

Abstract

Oryantalist hadis çalışmalarının ortaya çıkış tarihini inceleyen bu makale, Batılı araştırmacıların hadis hakkındaki görüşlerini ve başlıca eserlerini, ayrıca bunların Müslüman dünyadaki etkilerini ele almaktadır. Hadisle ilgili çalışmaların başlangıcı 1890-1950 dönemine uzanır. Ignaz Goldziher ile Josef Schacht’ın kurucu eserleri bu dönemde yazılmış, her iki yazarın görüşleri Batı’nın hadis, siyer ve ilk dönem İslam tarihine bakışını büyük ölçüde şekillendirmiştir. 

Keywords

Hadis, Oryantalistler, Goldziher, Schacht, isnad, metin, Kur’ancılar

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