‘Abu Hurayra’ a Narrator of Hadith Revisited: An Examination into the Dichotomous Representations of an Important Figure in Hadith with special reference to Classical Islamic modes of Criticism

Click to access GhaniU.pdf

https://www.aus.edu/faculty/dr-usman-ghani

Encyclopedia of Canonical Hadith

Encyclopedia of Canonical Hadith
by GHA Juynboll

PDF book link here

An overview of Muslim polemics on the muḥadith Abû Huraîrah and the question of his authenticity

Please see the article here:

https://www.academia.edu/7415665/An_overview_of_Muslim_polemics_on_the_mu%E1%B8%A5adith_Ab%C3%BB_Hura%C3%AErah_and_the_question_of_his_authenticity

An overview of Muslim polemics on the muḥadith Abû Huraîrah and the question of his authenticity

journal articles on hadith studies

The authenticity of prophetic hadith: a pseudo-problem
http://globalwebpost.com/farooqm/study_res/islam/fiqh/hallaq_hadith.html

Did the prophet say it or not? The literal, historical and effective truth of hadith in early sunnism

Click to access Did-the-Prophet-Say-It-or-Not-PDF.pdf

Criticism of the proto hadith canon

Click to access JIS-Daraqutni-article-in-PDF-form.pdf

How we know early hadith critics did matn criticism

Click to access How-We-Know-Early-Hadith-Critics-Did-Matn-Criticism-and-Why-Its-So-Hard-to-Find.pdf

The rules of matn criticism: there are no rules

Click to access The-Rules-of-Matn-Criticism-There-are-No-Rules-Islamic-Law-and-Society.pdf

Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy

Another interesting work by scholar Jonathan AC Brown, discussing various aspects of hadith, islamic law, tradition, interpretation etc.

Read some of it and watch a talk about it here:

www.oneworld-publications.com/sites/default/files/books/extracts/misquoting-muhammad-9781780744209.pdf

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r1GhCQGf9w

Read:
https://archive.org/stream/misquoting-muhammad-pbuh/misquoting-muhammad-pbuh_djvu.txt

Kassim Ahmad – Hadith: A Re-evaluation

With news of the recent arrest of Kassim Ahmad for simply expressing his opinion in Malaysia we have uploaded his famous work here.

Hadith: A Re-evaluation – pdf book (right click, save as)

Please contact your local Malaysia representative to let them know this arrest is unacceptable and sign this petition.

 

the use of unreliable hadiths in sunni islam – Jonathan Brown

Even if its not true its true – the use of unreliable hadiths in sunni islam

By Jonathan AC  Brown

 

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81999378/Even-if-Its-Not-True-Its-True-the-Use-of-Unreliable-Hadiths-in-Sunni-Islam

norman calder – studies in early muslim jurisprudence

norman calder

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6310177/Calder%20-%20Studies%20in%20Early%20Muslim%20Jurisprudence.pdf

Hadith Study in the Twenty-First Century – Reinhart

Juynbolliana, Graduahsm, the Big Bang, and Hadîth Study in the Twenty-First Century

by A. KEVIN REINHART

PDF file: Reinhart – hadith study

Dead Tradition: Joseph Schacht and the origins of popular practice

Dead Tradition: Joseph Schacht and the origins of popular practice

http://deathandreligion.plamienok.sk/files/12-DEAD%20TRADITION.pdf