Said the Prophet of God: Hadith Commentary across a Millennium

288 Pages·2017·34.39 MB·English

by  Joel Blecher

Said the Prophet of God
Hadith Commentary across a Millennium
Joel Blecher
university of california press
Said the Prophet of God
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Said the Prophet of God
Hadith Commentary across a Millennium
Joel Blecher
university of california press
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© 2018 by Joel Blecher
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Blecher, Joel, 1982– author.
Title: Said the prophet of God : Hadith commentary
across a millennium / Joel Blecher.
Description: Oakland, CA : University of California
Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and
index. | Identifi ers: lccn 2017024233 (print) |
lccn 2017030890 (ebook) | isbn 9780520968677
(Ebook) | isbn 9780520295933 (cloth : alk. paper) |
isbn 9780520295940 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: lcsh: Hadith—Criticism, interpretation,
etc.—History.
Classifi cation: lcc bp136.8 (ebook) | lcc bp136.8 .b54
2017 (print) | ddc 297.1/251609—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017024233
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In a paradox . . . the commentary must say for the fi rst time
what has already been said, and must tirelessly repeat what
has never been said.
—Michel Foucault
Once a discussion of Bukhārī’s chapters began in the
Shaykh al-Hind’s circle . . . things that had not been heard
or read elsewhere seemed to be in the process of being
unveiled.
—Manāz.ir Ah.san Gīlānī