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Tawātur is the concept that information yields certainty if acquired through a sufficient number of independent channels. Tawātur in Islamic Thought is an attempt to unravel the twisted historical threads of the conception and usage of tawātur across diverse Islamic disciplines, in light of both Western academia and debates within Muslim scholarship.
In the process, numerous salient questions in Islamic thought are tackled, such as epistemic certitude, scholarly consensus (ijmāʿ), and the rationalism-traditionalism relationship. The study culminates in the question of the extent to which tawātur was used by Muslim scholars to define the boundaries of Islam and of orthodoxy.
Tawātur in Islamic Thought shows that the majority voices in Muslim scholarship, across sectarian boundaries, reached a steady-state conception of a two-tiered orthodoxy, corresponding to two tiers of tawātur - an outer tier that includes all who affirm a definitive kernel of Islam and an inner tier that is more exclusive.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction: What is Tawātur?
1. Historical Overview: Background and Trajectory
2. Theology: Tawātur as a Bulwark against Error
3. Hadith Sciences: How True is a Narration?
4. Legal Theory: The Quest for Certainty
5. Qur'an and Reading Traditions: Clarity and Conundrums
6. Hadith Literature: Trajectory of Tawātur
7. Orthodoxy: Inner Circles and the Big Tent
Conclusion: Knowledge, Then and Now'
Appendix A: Scholars who Labelled Hadiths as Mutawātir
Appendix B: List of Hadiths Labelled as Mutawātir
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
