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Cover illustration: A likeness of the Prophet Muḥammad’s sandal from Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Maqqarī’s (d. 1041/1632) Fatḥ al-mutaʿal fī madḥ al-naʿāl. MS Or. 2549, Leiden University Library.
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Names: Davidson, Garrett A., author.
Title: Carrying on the tradition : a social and intellectual history of Hadith transmission across a thousand years / by Garrett A. Davidson.
Description: Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; 160 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020027144 (print) | LCCN 2020027145 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004386914 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004386938 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Hadith–Authorities. | Hadith–Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Classification: LCC BP136.42 .D38 2020 (print) | LCC BP136.42 (ebook) | DDC 297.1/252–dc23
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