Reconstructing the Variant Generation Process of Hadith - Based on the Quantitative and the Isnād-cum-Matn Analysis - Hiroyuki Yanagihashi
Variant Generation of Hadiths in al-Bukhārī’s Ṣaḥīḥ
Reconstructing the Variant Generation Process of Hadith - Based on the Quantitative and the Isnād-cum-Matn Analysis - Hiroyuki Yanagihashi
Hiroyuki Yanagihashi [+]
University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Yanagihashi, now retired, was a professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology at the University of Tokyo.
Description
This chapter presents a mathematical model that best approximates the ramification pattern of isnāds of hadiths recorded in al-Bukhārī’s (d. 256 AH/870 CE) Ṣaḥīḥ.