Nadwat Ulum al-Hadith Ulum wa Afaq
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Nadwat ‘Ulūm al-Ḥadīth: Wāqi‘ wa-Āfāq (Arabic: ندوة علوم الحديث: واقع وآفاق, also published under the title Nadwat ‘Ulūm al-Ḥadīth: ‘Ulūm wa-Āfāq) is a multi-author collection of scholarly research papers presented at an international symposium on the contemporary reality and future prospects of hadith sciences, held on April 8–10, 2003 CE (1424 AH) at the College of Islamic and Arabic Studies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, under the patronage of Juma al-Majid .
Background and Scope
The symposium gathered specialized scholars and university educators in the field of hadith to assess how hadith disciplines are taught, identify pedagogical and methodological obstacles facing university students, and evaluate ways to activate the practical role of hadith sciences in contemporary scholarship . It addressed the need to review higher-education curricula and pedagogical techniques, reconcile classical critical methodologies with later scholarly systematization, and clarify the core principles of hadith transmission (riwāyah) and textual criticism (dirāyah) .
Structure and Contents
The published proceedings encompass multiple volumes arranged around thematic tracks covering the state of hadith instruction, classical critical tools, and modern academic issues :
- Pedagogical Challenges and Curricular Assessment: Several contributions address the learning difficulties students experience with hadith terminology and coursework. These include papers by ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Shākir al-Kubaysī on difficulties in hadith courses and their remedies ; Ṣāliḥ Yūsuf Ma‘tūq on understanding hadith terminology and the elements of commentary curricula in universities ; Abū Lubābah al-Ṭāhir Ḥusayn on the broadness of terms, scarcity of illustrative examples, and practical application challenges ; and al-Makkī ibn Aḥmad Iqlāyinah, who drew upon instructional surveys administered to students at the Dubai college .
- Critical Methodology and Textual Verification: Research under this theme examines analytical methods used by early critics, including a study by Aḥmad ‘Izzī on the practice of cross-referencing and verification (al-sabr) among early hadith scholars—specifically analyzing the method of Ibn Adi in al-Kāmil—and the feasibility of its application by contemporary researchers .
- Early and Later Methodologies: Multiple papers discuss the relationship between the methods of the early scholars (al-mutaqaddimūn) and subsequent scholars (al-muta’akhkhirūn). These include studies by Ḥamzah ‘Abd Allāh al-Malībārī on benefiting from both without conflating their distinct approaches , ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Ṣaghīr Dukhān on hadith sciences between early and late practitioners , ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Zayd on early methodologies in authentication and weakening (taṣḥīḥ wa-taḍ‘īf) , and ‘Abd al-Razzāq al-Jāy on how later students can systematically benefit from early traditions .
- Contemporary Theoretical and Methodological Problems: Papers in this section investigate modern conceptual issues in hadith nomenclature and study, including a study by Abshar ‘Iwaḍ Muḥammad Idrīs marking the centennial era of Jamal al-Din al-Qasimi's Qawā‘id al-Taḥdīth , and reflections on hadith methodologies by ‘Awwād al-Khalaf .
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