A Research Study of the Principles of “Uloom E Hadith” of Selected Books of Imam Muhammad Al Shaibani

Abstract

Uloom e hadith", holds a great place In Islamic Studies and Islamic epistemology, and different scholars have served in the field of "Uloom e Hadith". Hundreds of books have been written on different perspectives of the "Uloom e Hadith ", but there is still a lot of scope to be researched in this field. One of the major remarkable scholar in the field of compilation of "Uloom e Hadith" is Imam Muhammad bin Hasan Shaibani (189 A.H.). Imam Muhammad has contributed a valuable repository of books on the elementary fields of Islamic studies. Many books of Imam's writings have also been published. In one of his most famous book "Mabsoot", which is also known as "Al-Asal", the number of hadiths cited is sixteen hundred and thirty-two (1632). And "Uloom e Hadith" plays a main role in his research work. In another book of Imam Muhammad; “Al-Hujja Ala Ahle Madinah” there is a rational discussion of the Hanafia and Malikia schools of thoughts. In another book “al-Asaar”, he mentions the hadiths cited by Imam Abu Hanifa and other scholars. And in his famous book "Muatta Imam Muhammad", he collected the hadiths quoted from Imam Malik. But his significant contribution on “Uloom e Hadith”, is scattered in his books but had never been compiled or researched. Which is essential to be compiled according to modern research formats. In the proposed thesis, the above-mentioned books of Imam Muhammad will be studied and the content of “Uloom e Hadith” will be compiled and researched, along with the explanations of Imam Muhammad's commentary and the terminologies of other scholars will be comparatively explained.