Publication: Narratives of the Prophet's Early Life Sahih Al-Buhari: An Analytical Study of Qur'anic References in Sira Nabawiyya
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2017
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Brill Academic Publishers
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Research into early Muslim sources has demonstrated that some verses of the Qur'an have been seen by Muslim scholars as containing direct references to the events of the Prophet's early life. Modern scholars, however, have questioned the appropriateness and authority of these Qur'anic references as being accurate sources of information for the Prophet's biography. Since the hadit are regarded as an authoritative exegetical tool for understanding the meaning of Qur'anic verses, the hadit and scholars' views on the scripture and its relationship to the narratives of sira nabawiyya must be undertaken. The objectives of this present study are to explore the narratives of the Prophet's early life as found in Sahih al-Buhari and analyse al-Buhari's perspective on the role of hadit as an exegetical tool for Qur'anic references in sira nabawiyya. The study is qualitative in nature, as it utilises both critical and analytical approaches for its methodology. The study suggests that al-Buhari employed innovative and novel approaches when presenting narratives of the Prophet's early life. At certain places in his al-Sahih, by adducing certain hadit in detail, al-Buhari endeavours to convey one distinctive and irrevocable message to the reader.
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the Prophet, genealogy, hadit, prophethood, Sahih al-Buhari