Preface

Chapter One. The Jurisprudence of Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī. A Source-Critical Study (Harald Motzki)

I. The Problem

II. Maʿmar as a Source for Zuhrī ’s Teaching

III. Ibn Jurayj as a Source for Zuhrī ’s Teaching

IV. Mālik as a Source for Zuhrī ’s Teaching

V. The Three Sources Compared

VI. A Prophetic Ḥadīth by Zuhrī

VII. Conclusions

Chapter Two. Whither Ḥadīth Studies? (Harald Motzki)

I. Introduction: Juynboll on Nāfiʿ, the Mawlā of Ibn 'Umar

II. Chain Analysis: Method and Concept

The Common Link and its Single Strand

Partial Common Links and Single Strands

III. On Nāfi’s Alleged Role in the Transmission of Traditions

Was Nāfi‘ a Historical Figure?

Juynboll ’s Isnād Analysis of a Tradition of Nāfi‘ from Ibn 'Umar

IV. Investigating the Mutūn of the Zakāt al-Fiṭr Tradition

Malik ibn Anas

Mūsā ibn ʿUqba

Ubayd Allāh ibn Umar

Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī

Layth ibn Sa'd

Ayyūb ibn Mūsā

Ibn Abī Laylā

'Abd Allāh ibn 'Umar

Al-Ḍaḥḥāk

'Umar ibn Nāfi'

Ibn Abī Rawwād

The Results of the Textual Analysis of the Transmission Process

V. Summary and Conclusions

Chapter Three. The Prophet and the Debtors. A Ḥadīth Analysis under Scrutiny (Harald Motzki)

I. Sale of Children and Debt-Servitude. Studies on the Early Period of the Islamic Law

The Methods of Ḥadīth Analysis

II. Debt-Slavery in Early Islamic Jurisprudence

Schneider ’s Analysis of the Surraq Ḥadīth

The Transmission History of the Surraq-Ḥadīth

Zanjī

'Abd al-Samad

Interim Results and the Version of Zayd's Sons

Ibn Lahī'a

The Tradition P11 by Bayhaqī

Interim Review

The Issue of Origin

The Issue of Surraq's Historicity

A Further Surraq -Ḥadīth

The Ḥadīth P23 about the Sale of a Free Person

The Pre-Islamic Law of Obligations in the Ḥijāz

The Prophet's Approach to Personal Execution

"Surraq Once More"

III. Debt-Servitude in Early Islamic Jurisprudence

IV. Summary and Results

Chapter Four. Al-Radd ʿAlā l-Radd: Concerning the Method of Ḥadīth Analysis (Harald Motzki)

I. Motzki's Isnād-cum-Matn Analysis

II. Motzki's Text Analysis

Schneider's Excursus

III. The Authenticity of the Lower Part of the Isnād or of the Whole Story

IV. The Common Source

V. Was Surraq a Historical Personality?

Schneider's Interim Results

VI. Narrativity and Authenticity: The Story of the Wise Prophet

Chapter Five. The Origins of Muslim Exegesis. A Debate (Harald Motzki)

I. The Problem

II. Preliminary Notes

III. The Exegetical Traditions of Qur'ān 15:90–91

The Traditions of Group One

The Traditions of Group Two

The Traditions of Group Three

The Traditions of Group Four

The Traditions of Group Five

The ' Ikrima and Qatäda Traditions

Qatāda

'Ikrima

Ibn Isḥāq's Tradition

The Traditions of Group Six

Conclusions

I V. Early Commentaries

Muqātil

Abū 'Ubayda , al-Farrā', al-Akhfash al-Awsaṭ

Muḥammad al-Kalbī

Zayd ibn 'Alī

V. Wansbrough's View on the Development of Early Exegesis – An Alternative?

The Epistemological Issue

The Asānīd

Dating

V I. Summary

VII. Appendix

Chapter Six. The Raid of the Hudhayl: Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī ’s Version of the Event (Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort)

I. Introduction

II. Isnād Analysis

Ibrāhīm ibn Ismā'īl

Ibrāhīm ibn Sa'd

Ma'mar ibn Rāshid

Shu'ayb ibn Abī Ḥamza

Conclusion Isnād Analysis

III. Matn Analysis per Student of al-Zuhrī

Ibrāhīm ibn Ismā'īl

Ibrāhīm ibn Sa'd

Ma'mar ibn Rāshid

Shu'ayb ibn Abī Ḥamza

IV. Matn Analysis between Students of al-Zuhrī

Resemblance of the Traditions

Differences between the Traditions

Conclusion

V. Comparison of the Zuhrī-Traditions to Other Versions

Comparison with Ibn Isḥāq's Version

Conclusion

Comparison with the Versions of Ibn Sa'd and Mūsā ibn 'Uqba

VI. Conclusion

Chapter Seven. Crime and Punishment in Early Medina: The Origins of a Maghāzī-Tradition (Sean W. Anthony)

Introduction

I. Isnād Analysis

The Anas ibn Mālik Tradition

The Abū Qilāba Cluster

The Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl Cluster

The Qatāda Cluster

Remaining Traditions

The 'Urwa/'Ā'isha and Ibn 'Umar Traditions

II. Matn Analysis

The Anas ibn Mālik Tradition

The Abū Qilāba Traditions

The Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl Traditions

The Qatāda Traditions

Unique Traditions from Anas

'Urwa/'Ā'isha and Ibn 'Umar Traditions

III. The Formation of the Sīra- and Maghāzī-Tradition

IV. Summary and Conclusions

Bibliography

Index