TY  - BOOK
AU  - Muhammad Zakariyya
TI  - The differences of the Imams
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Santa Barbara, Calif.
PB  - White Thread Press
KW  - Hadith
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Sunnah
KW  - Islamic law
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Sources
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The chief reason for the differences of narrations during the era of Allah’s messenger -- The second reason : a special case is taken as a general order -- Apparent contradictions in the hadiths -- A general order is taken as a special case --A difference of perception -- Intentional action verses coincidence -- Underlying causes -- Words have multiple meanings -- Different types of injunctions -- Affectionate injunctions vs. cautionary injunctions -- Compelling interpretations -- Two categories of laws -- Fundamental and subsidiary differences -- Differences : a source of mercy -- Prejudice toward any school -- Narration by meaning -- Abrogation -- The problem of human error -- Love for Allah’s messenger -- Excessive links between narrators -- Weak narrators -- Fabrication of hadiths -- Tampering with sound narrations -- The main reason for the differences between the Imams -- Types of hadiths -- The basis of rejection and preference -- Assessment of a narrator -- The indispensability of the principles of hadiths -- The most basic reason for differences -- The opinions of the Imams are all from the hadiths -- Example of the Multi-faceted methods of inferring -- Summary of the above discussion -- The parable of the Imams of hadith -- Inference in our times -- The approach of the Hanafi school of thought
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