A New Look at the Concept of Hadithic Collection

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akram hosseinzadeh ¹ , seyed Mohsen Musavi ²

1 - Ph.D. student in Quran and Hadith Studies, Mazandaran University, Babolsar. Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor in Quran and Hadith Studies, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran.

Received: 2019-06-26 Accepted : 2019-09-12 Published : 2019-08-23

Keywords: Hadith, Jāmi’ books (Comprehensive Collection of Hadith), Hadithic Texts, Thematic Comprehensiveness,

Abstract :

Writing the Jāmi’ books (Comprehensive Collection of Hadith) and the attempt to introducing these books are new areas of study in the field of the history of hadith sciences. Definitions are different in introducing such hadith books, so that none of them are comprehensive. Few books and articles on hadith books only introduce important Shiite and Sunni hadith books and seem to have no acceptable definition or even a clear picture of the concept of such style of books. In this study, while reviewing the historical course of comprehensive Hadithic writings among Shiites and Sunnis and the definitions offered in introducing the characteristics of Hadithic collections, while presenting the views on Hadithic collections and critiques of the books they have authored, the most comprehensive definition of the term will be offered. As we shall see, the optimum definition for the book is the one which considers comprehensiveness for the book which includes most religious subjects, a feature which cannot be found in some comprehensive Shiite books, although great Shia authors of such books have emerged since the emergence of hadith.