This book has been composed in order to present to the English-reading public, Muslim as well as non-Muslim, the viewpoint of orthodox Islam with regard to Hadith Literature, its origin and development and its
criticism by the Muslim doctors. In composing this, many of the important works of the modern European Orientalists and a large part of the original Arabic sources have been fully utilized.
criticism by the Muslim doctors. In composing this, many of the important works of the modern European Orientalists and a large part of the original Arabic sources have been fully utilized.