| ISBN13: | 9781399510813 |
| ISBN10: | 1399510819 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | pages |
| Size: | 234x156 mm |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 22 black and white illustrations (3 tables and 19 images) |
| 700 |
Taw?tur in Islamic Thought
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Traces the development of taw?tur theories and explores their role in defining Islamic orthodoxy.
Taw?tur is the concept that information yields certainty if acquired through a sufficient number of independent channels. Taw?tur in Islamic Thought is an attempt to unravel the twisted historical threads of the conception and usage of taw?tur across diverse Islamic disciplines, in light of both Western academia and debates within Muslim scholarship.
In the process, numerous salient questions in Islamic thought are tackled, such as epistemic certitude, scholarly consensus (ijm??), and the rationalism?traditionalism relationship. The study culminates in the question of the extent to which taw?tur was used by Muslim scholars to define the boundaries of Islam and of orthodoxy.
Taw?tur in Islamic Thought shows that the majority voices in Muslim scholarship, across sectarian boundaries, reached a steady-state conception of a two-tiered orthodoxy, corresponding to two tiers of taw?tur?an outer tier that includes all who affirm a definitive kernel of Islam and an inner tier that is more exclusive.
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction: What is Taw?tur?
1. Historical Overview: Background and Trajectory
2. Theology: Taw?tur as a Bulwark against Error
3. Hadith Sciences: How True is a Narration?
4. Legal Theory: The Quest for Certainty
5. Qur’an and Reading Traditions: Clarity and Conundrums
6. Hadith Literature: Trajectory of Taw?tur
7. Orthodoxy: Inner Circles and the Big Tent
Conclusion: Knowledge, Then and Now’
Appendix A: Scholars who Labelled Hadiths as Mutaw?tir
Appendix B: List of Hadiths Labelled as Mutaw?tir
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
