Ḥadīth and how to read them

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   Topic hub

   Ḥadīth and tradition

   Ḥadīth corpus: Bukhārī, Muslim, the four Sunans, plus the Shīʿī collections.

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   What are the ḥadīth?

   Christian-facing primer on the ḥadīth and how to cite them carefully.

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   How should a Christian handle a difficult ḥadīth?

   When a Muslim cites a ḥadīth that troubles you, what do you do?