by Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi ; edited and revised by Abdal Hakim Murad.
2nd ed.
Cambridge :
Islamic Texts Society,
1993.
xiv, 174 pages ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-166) and index.
1. The event of the Ḥadīth -- 2. The Companions -- 3. After the Companions -- 4. Categories of Ḥadīth collections -- 5. Some special features of the literature -- 6. The biographical dictionaries -- 7. The discipline of formal criticism -- Appendix I. Women in Ḥadīth scholarship -- Appendix II. The Ḥadīth and Orientalism -- Appendix III. The Leiden edition of Ibn Saʻd.