Manual Of Hadith

For the western scholar of Islam, the great body of Arabic literature known as the Hadith has long been of outstanding interest and a subject of intensive study. Hadith, as a common noun, simply means talk, conversation but in the technical, religious sense it is used for the individual, reported sayings of the Prophet, his Companions, the first caliphs and others of the pious scholars of early Islam; and from this usage, it has become a generic term for the whole corpus of these sayings. The present book of Maulana Muhammad Ali contains 690 traditions, some three-quarters of them derived from al-Bukhart's Sahih and the rest from the other sunan and authoritative compilations.

Maulana Muhammah Ali

I. How Divine Revelation came to the Holy Prophet II. Iman and Islam III. Knowledge IV. Purification. Sec. 1. Natural Evacuations. Sec. 2. The Tooth-Brush Sec. 3. Ablution Sec. 4. Bath. Sec. 5. Tayammum V. The Mosque VI. Adhan and Iqamah VII. Jama' ah (congregation) VIII. The Imam IX. Institution of Prayer X. Prayer-Service XI. Friday Service XII. Old Service XIII. Supererogatory Prayers XIV. Miscellaneous Prayers XV. Burial Service XVI. Charity and Zakat XVII. Fasting XVIII. Pilgrimage. XIX. Jihad XX. Marriage XXI. Divorce. XXII. Buying and Selling XXIII. Cultivation of Land XXIV. Matters relating to Service XXV. Debts and Mortgage XXVI. Gifts XXVII. W ills and Inheritance XXVIII. Foods and Drinks XXIX. Toilet XXX. Ethics (Adab) XXXI. The State