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Foreword 3
Chapter 1
Sunnah: the Second Source of Islamic law 5
Definition of Sunnah 6
‘The status of the Holy Prophet 6
‘The obedience of the Messenger 9
Ittiba’ (following) of the Prophet 18
Two kinds of revelation , 23
‘The second kind of revelation proved
by the Holy Quran 23
‘The obedience of the Prophet as
distinct from the obedience of a ruler 40
Chapter 2
The scope of the Prophetic Authority 45
The Prophet's Authority to make laws 45
‘The Holy Prophet's Authority to
interpret the Holy Quran 53
Examples of Prophetic explanations
of the Quran 54
Does the Holy Quran need explanation? 59
The time limit of the Prophetic authority 61
The Prophetic Authority in worldly affairs 67
‘The event of fecundation of the palm-trees 70
Chapter 3
‘The authenticity of the "Sunnah": its
historical aspect 75
The preservation of Sunnah 78
Three kinds of Ahadith 78‘The authenticity of the first wo kinds
Different ways of Ahadith preservation
1. Memorization
2. Discussions
3, Practice
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‘The compilation of Hadith in the days
of the Holy Prophet
The dictations of the Holy Prophet
The book of sadaqah
‘The script copy of Amr b. Hazm
Written directives to other Govemors,
Written directives for certain delegations
‘The compilations of Hadith by the companions
of the Holy Prophet
‘The scripts of Abu Hurairah
‘The script of Abdullah ibn Amr
‘The script of Anas
‘The script of Ali
Scripts of Jabir
Scripts of Ibn ‘Abbas
‘The compilation of ahadith in the
era afier the companions
‘The compilations of the first century
‘The books of hadith written in
the second century
‘The criticism of ahadith
1. Scrutiny of the narrators
2. Constancy of the chain of narrators
3. Comparison with other narrations
4. General analysis of the tradition
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