Gendering the Ḥadīth tradition : recentring the authority of Aisha, mother of the believers /
This work constitutes a major rethinking of the Muslim Hadith and jurisprudential traditions by evaluating how Aisha responded to hadiths that were circulating and being ascribed, often incorrectly, as authoritative statements of the Prophet Muhammad. From her critique of overwhelmingly male Compani...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This work constitutes a major rethinking of the Muslim Hadith and jurisprudential traditions by evaluating how Aisha responded to hadiths that were circulating and being ascribed, often incorrectly, as authoritative statements of the Prophet Muhammad. From her critique of overwhelmingly male Companions of the Prophet, the study elicits a methodology for hadith criticism which is sure to challenge classical approaches. Sofia Rehman unearths the scholarly acumen of this great female Companion and mother of the believers, in her discussion of several legal positions which Aisha held in contradistinction to many of the male authorities among the Companions. This interdisciplinary study serves as a model for how the voice of Aisha may be given renewed life and significance in the way it re-centres her traditions and thinking. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 199 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780192690791 0192690795 9780192690807 0192690809 9780191956720 0191956724 |