Dirayat al-hadith: Difference between revisions

The formation of diraya al-hadith should be taken to be a result of extensive interactions between scholars of hadith, scholars of fiqh, and those of kalam. The path has sometimes been different for Shiite and Sunni scholars. For Sunnis, some issues of diraya al-hadith came under focus since the period of [[sahaba]] (the Prophet (s)'s immediate companions). There are cases of works written about some issues of diraya al-hadith which date back to the late second century A.H. (early 9th century). [[Shafi'i]] is the first to have written about this in his al-Risala.

Some terminologies of hadith-related disciplines are formed in the third century A.H (9th century). In this period, scholars of hadith and ʾilm al-rijal discussed some issues of diraya al-hadith in the introduction of their books; issues such as the manners of hearing a hadith and delivering it to others, types of acceptable and unacceptable hadiths, and classes of narrators of hadiths. According to Nur al-Din Eter, al-ʾIlal by al-Turmudhi (d. 279 A.H./ 892), which is published at the end of his Jamiʾ, is distinguished for its definitions of some terms in diraya al-hadith and the introduction of its issues.