المنظومات الحدیثیة وشروحھا

ABOUT THE BOOK

Al-Manzumat al-Hadithiyyah wa Shuruhiha (المنظومات الحديثية وشروحها) by Abdullah ibn Qasim al-Qasimi is an extensive Arabic academic study of the tradition of composing Hadith sciences in poetic verse (Nazm) and the scholarly commentaries written upon these works.

The study traces Hadith-related didactic poems from approximately the seventh Hijri century through the fifteenth Hijri century, examining the historical development of this distinctive method of teaching and preserving the sciences of Hadith.

The author discusses the concept of scholarly versification (النظم العلمي), its origins and development, its advantages and limitations, and the different categories of Hadith poems. He also proposes a historical classification of the stages through which Hadith versification developed.

A particularly valuable aspect of the work is its survey of a large number of printed, manuscript and lost Hadith poems, together with information concerning their commentaries. It examines how these works contributed to the study and transmission of Hadith terminology and the wider sciences of Hadith.

The study also considers shorter poetic compositions dealing with individual Hadith terminology, verses composed around particular Prophetic narrations, and poems summarising groups of Ahadith relating to a particular subject.

A valuable specialist reference for students of Hadith, Ulama, researchers and advanced students of Mustalah al-Hadith, particularly those researching the history and literature of Hadith sciences.