The Origins of Imami ?adith: A New Methodological Framework for Isnad Analysis

Modern scholarship on the historical-critical study of early Islam has yet to develop a systematic and nuanced approach to analysing isnāds in Imāmī ḥadīth collections, comparable to the methods pioneered by Joseph Schacht and G.H.A. Juynboll for Sunnī materials. This book addresses that gap by proposing a comprehensive methodological framework grounded in the written records produced within the Imāmī educational milieu of Medina during the second/eighth century. By integrating quantitative...