Schedule

W1 (3/1) Induction & Introduction

W2 (3/8) The Transmission and Collection of the Hadith – Quiz

W3 (3/15) The Transmission and Collection of the Hadith

W4 (3/22) The Hadith Criticism – Quiz

W5 (3/29) The Hadith Criticism

W6 (4/5) Holiday

W7 (4/12) Al-Bukh?r? and Muslim’s ?m?n

W8 (4/19) Al-Tirmidh?’s Ru?y? and Qadar

W9 (4/26) Al-Nas???’s Im?ma and ?Asharat al-nis??

W10 (5/3) Midterm

W11 (5/10) Ab? D?w?d’s Sunna and Tarajjul

W12 (5/17) Ibn M?ja’s Sunna

W13 (5/24) The Hadith and the Sunni Jurisprudence – Quiz

W14 (5/31) The Hadith and the Sh??? Jurisprudence – Quiz

W15 (6/7) Pursuing Hadith – Quiz

W16 (6/14) Pursuing Hadith

W17 (6/21) Beyond the Hadith – Quiz

W18 (6/28) Final

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Evaluation

Attendance – 5%

Presentations/Assignment – 20%

Discussion – 15%

Quizzes – 20%

Final Examination – 20%

Midterm Examination – 20%

*Failing to attend the lectures for more than three times means no mark will be given for Attendance (5%), unless under objective circumstance that is unforeseeable, unavoidable, and insurmountable.

*For Presentations/Assignment and Discussion, please see the Guidelines below.

*Please note that cheating in quizzes and exams is unacceptable in any circumstance. If you cheat in a quiz or exam, you will be failed.

Presentation and Assignment Guidelines

• Each student has to make an oral presentation, either individually or in a group, on one of the following topics and write his/her assignment:
  
  
  
  
  1. How do al-Bukh?r? and Muslim respectively define the ?m?n through the a??d?th? (the presenters need to address the articles of faith, as stipulated by both scholars in their ?ad?th collections, and analyse their differences, if any)
  
  
  2. What is ru?y? and how does it function as part of the Prophetic sunna, according to al-Tirmidh??
  
  
  3. What is qadar and how does it function in defining the Sunn? ‘orthodox’, according to al-Tirmidh??
  
  
  4. What does al-Nas???’s section on the ?asharat al-nis?? say about women and what kind of the traditionist ideology is embodied in these a??d?th?
  
  
  5. What does al-Nas???’s section on the im?ma say about leadership and what kind of the traditionist ideology is embodied in these a??d?th?
  
  
  6. How does  Ab? D?w?d define the sunna and why?
  
  
  7. What is the tarajjul, according to Ab? D?w?d, and what does this quality involve?
  
  
  8. How does Ibn M?ja define the sunna through the ?ad?th? (the presenters need to address the contents of sunna, according to Ibn M?ja, and analyse whether and how Ibn M?ja differs from Ab? D?w?d and explain why)
  
  
  
  

• Students have to select the topic on Moodle, by Week 2 (3/8). Each topic only allows for one or three presenters (depending upon the number of students enrolled in the course).


• Each individual presentation lasts 15 minutes, while group presentation 25 minutes.


• Students will be informed of the time of their presentation by Week 3 (3/15).


• Each presenter of an individual or group presentation will have to turn in one assignment before presentation. The submission has to be in electronic (emailed to the course organiser: isu@nccu.edu.tw) format.


• The mark will be given, only when a student fulfils the two tasks, assignment and presentation.


• The assignment must be written in English, less than four pages (A4 in size), 1.5-spaced, font size 12.


• The assignment must not be written as notes or bullet points for the presentation. Rather, it has to be written as a mini essay, in order to address the given question. That is, an assignment should include introduction, conclusion, and the argument(s) presented in paragraphs. If your assignment is written otherwise, DO NOT be bothered to submit it.


• Referencing is obligatory, if an idea, statement, or evidence is derived from others’ works. Students must follow The Chicago Manual of Style: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html (see Essay Guideline below)


• Plagiarism, once spotted, will be severely penalised (no mark given to Presentation/Assignment, 20% of the total grade).  


• Unless certain circumstances prevail (selon University policy), the assignments must be submitted before the presentations. Late submission will not be accepted.


• The assignments will be returned to students with feedback (within one week after submission).

Discussion Guideline

• Each student has to lead discussion after a presentation, individually or in a group.


• Students have to select the topic of their discussion on Moodle, by Week 2 (3/8). Each topic only allows for one or three discussant (depending upon the number of students enrolled in the course).


• Each individual discussant has 10 minutes, while group 20 minutes.


• A discussant or a group of discussants has to guide the audience to reflect on the presentation and to articulate their views on any relevant issue, by posing questions or any kind of activity which does not involve violation of law.

Evaluation of a discussant or a group of discussants comprises two parts: the feedback of audience (10%; each audience will be asked to give a mark for a session of discussion), and the evaluation of the lecturer (5%), which is based on the fluency of the discussi

Weeks 2–3 The Transmission and Collection of the Hadith

*Quiz

Set Reading

Brown, J.A. Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World. Oxford: One World, 2009, 15–66.

Weeks 4–5 The Hadith Criticism

*Quiz

Set Reading

Brown, J.A. Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World. Oxford: One World, 2009, 67–122.

Week 7 Al-Bukh?r? and Muslim’s ?m?n

*Presentation x 3-4

*Discussion x 3-4

Set Reading

Melchert, Christopher. “al-Bukh?r?,” in EI³. 

Pakatchi, Ahmad and Gholami, Rahim. “al-Bukh?r?, Mu?ammad”, in Encyclopaedia Islamica.

Wensinck, A. J. “Muslim b. al-?ad?j?d?j??d?j?,” EI¹.

Presenters’ Reading

al-Bukh?r?. ?a??? Al-Bukh?r?. Edited by Ab? ?uhayb al-Karam?. Beirut: Bayt al-Afk?r al-Dawliyya, 1998, 25–35 (Book Two, Kit?b al-?m?n).

(Translation available: https://sunnah.com/)

Muslim b. al-?ajj?j. ?a??? Muslim. Edited by Na?ar M. al-F?riy?b?. Riyadh: D?r ?ayba, 2005, 23–121 (Book One, Kit?b al-?m?n).

(Translation available: https://sunnah.com/)

Week 8 Al-Tirmidh?’s Ru?y? and Qadar

*Presentation x 2

*Discussion x 2

Set Reading

Juynboll, G.H.A. “al-Tirmid?h??,” in EI².

Presenters’ Reading

Al-Tirmidh?. Al-J?mi? Al-Kab?r. Edited by Bashsh?r ?Aww?r Ma?r?f. Beirut: D?r al-Gharb al-Isl?m?, 1996, vol. 4, 117–132 (Abw?b al-ru?y?), 11–32 (Abw?b al-qadar).

(Translation available: https://sunnah.com/)

Further

For more information about oneiromancy in the Islamic world, see:

http://www.mktbtk.com/dir/Ibnsereen.htm

Fahd, T. and Daiber, H. “Ru?y?,” in EI².

Fahd, T. “Ta?b??r al-Ru?ya,” in EI².

Week 9 Al-Nas???’s Im?ma and ?Asharat al-nis??

*Presentation x 2

*Discussion x 2

Set Reading

Wensinck, A.J. “al-Nas???,” in EI².

Presenters’ Reading

al-Nas???. Sunan Al-Nas???. Edited by ?adq? J. al-?A???r. Beirut: D?r al-Fikr, 2005, 198–223 (Book Ten, Kit?b al-Im?ma), 945–951 (Book 38, ?Asharat al-nis??).

(Translation available: https://sunnah.com/)

Week 11 Ab? D?w?d’s Sunna and Tarajjul

*Presentation x 2

* Discussion x 2

Set Reading

Pakatchi, Ahmad and Khodaverdian, Shahram. “Ab? D?w?d al-Sijist?n?,” in Encyclopaedia Islamica.

Melchert, Christopher. “Ab? D?w?d al-Sijist?n?” in EI³.

Presenters’ Reading

Ab? D?w?d. Sunan Ab? D?w?d. Riyadh: Bayt al-Afk?r al-Dawliyya, n.d., 503–520 (Book 39, Kit?b al-Sunna), 237–274 (Book 28, Kit?b al-Tarajjul).

(Translation available: https://sunnah.com/)

Week 12 Ibn M?ja’s Sunna

*Presentation x 3

*Discussion x 3

Set Reading

Melchert, Christopher. “Ibn M?ja,” in EI³.

Presenters’ Reading

Ibn M?ja. Sunan. Edited by Ma?m?d M. M. ?. Na???r. Beirut: D?r al-Kutub al-?Ilmiyya, 2009, vol.1, 25–157 (Book One, Kit?b al-Sunna).

(Translation available: https://sunnah.com/)

Week 13 The Sunni Hadith and Jurisprudence

*Quiz

         Set Reading

Brown, J.A. Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World. Oxford: One World, 2009, 150–172.

Week 14 The Sh??? Hadith and Jurisprudence

*Quiz

Set Reading

Brown, J.A. Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World. Oxford: One World, 2009, 123–149.

Momen, M. An Introduction to Shi‘i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi‘ism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985, 184–207.

Further

Al-Kulayn?. U??l Al-K?f?. Beirut: Mansh?r?t al-Fajr, 2007, vol.1, 329–344.

Week 15–16 Pursuing Hadith

*Quiz

Set Reading

Schoeler, Gregor. The Oral and the Written in Early Islam. Edited by James E. Montgomery. Translated by Uwe Vagelpohl. Lodon: Routledge, 2006, 120–150.

Melchert, Christopher. Ahmad Ibn Hanbal. Oxford: Oneworld, 2006, 19–33.

Further

Cook, Michael. “The Opponents of the Writing of Tradition in Early Islam.” Voix et Calame En Islam Médiéval 44, no. 4 (1997): 437–530.

Ibn al-?al??. ?Ul?m Al-?ad?th. Edited by N?r al-D?n ?Itr. Damascus: D?r al-Fikr, 1986, 236–255.

Week 17 Beyond the Hadith

*Quiz

Set Reading

Kamali, Mohammad Hashim. A Textbook of ?ad?th Studies: Authenticity, Compilation, Classification, and Criticism of ?ad?th. Markfield: The Islamic Foundation, 2009, 109–131.

Karmi, Ghada. “Al-Tibb Al-Nabawi: The Prophet’s Medicine.” In Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, edited by Richard Tapper and Keith McLachlan, 64–72. London: Frank Cass, 2005.

Further

?Abd al-Malik b. ?ab?b. Kit?b ?ibb Al-?arab. Edited by Badr al-?Imr?n? al-?anj?. Beirut: D?r Ibn ?azm, 2007.

Cook, M. ‘Ibn Qutayba and Monkeys.’ Studia Islamica 89(1999): 43–74.

Ibn Qutayba. Ta?w?l Mukhtalif Al-??d?th. Edited by Mu?ammad M. al-A?far. Beirut: al-Maktaba al-Isl?miyya, 1999.

Lowry, J.E. ‘The Legal Hermeneutics of al-Sh?fi?? and Ibn Qutayba: a Reconsideration.’ Islamic Law and Society 11-1(2004): 1–41.