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Ḥadīṯ Scholar and Historiography: Some Reflections on the Sīra Corpora of Ibn Ḥibbān al-Bustī’s (d. 354/965) Kitāb al-Ṯiqā

dc.contributor.authorMuhammad Fawwaz Muhammad Yusoffen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T03:35:27Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T03:35:27Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.submitted13/12/2019
dc.descriptionVolume : 66en_US
dc.description.abstractIn a recent volume of the Encyclopaedia of Arabic Literature, Ibn Ḥibbān is credited as the author of the Kitāb al-Ṯiqāt, and is described as “a widely travelled traditionist and prolific writer.” The Kitāb al-Ṯiqāt is one of the most valuable sources for the study of the biographies of the transmitters of the ḥadīṯs over the first three centuries and is a record of medieval Islamicate history, even including non-ḥadīṯ transmission. The subject of the Kitāb al-Ṯiqāt is the Prophet’s sīra, the history of caliphs and kings, biographies of Companions, ḥadīṯ transmitters, legal theorists, theologians, and many others. In this brief article, an attempt is made to describe Ibn Ḥibbān’s approach to the sīra of the Prophet, in order to arrive at some general considerations on the relationship between ḥadīṯ studies and historiography. The tarāǧim (chapter titles) and narrative arrangement of the Kitāb al-Ṯiqāt give insight into Ibn Ḥibbān’s expositions, and demonstrate that his interest goes beyond the science of ḥadīṯ transmission.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1163/15700585-12341511
dc.identifier.epage505
dc.identifier.issn1570-0585
dc.identifier.issue5
dc.identifier.spage485
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/4752
dc.identifier.volume66
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBrillen_US
dc.relation.ispartofArabica: Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studiesen_US
dc.subjectIbn Ḥibbān, ḥadīṯ, Kitāb al-Ṯiqāt, historiography, sīra, biography, ḥadīṯ transmitteren_US
dc.titleḤadīṯ Scholar and Historiography: Some Reflections on the Sīra Corpora of Ibn Ḥibbān al-Bustī’s (d. 354/965) Kitāb al-Ṯiqāen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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