{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_hadith_had01_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_hadith_had01_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_hadith_had01_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/hadith/had01.htm","summary":"*A Manual of Had\u012bth* is a scholarly religious compendium by Muhammad Ali, a prominent figure in the Ahmadiyyah movement, intended as an accessible English-language guide to Islamic prophetic tradition for converts and the broader English-speaking Muslim world. The work draws primarily from Sah\u012bh Bukh\u0101r\u012b \u2014 the most authoritative of the six canonical Had\u012bth collections \u2014 supplemented by other collections including the Mishk\u0101t, selecting 690 had\u012bth focused specifically on the practical dimensions of Muslim life while omitting historical and prophetical material. Each chapter opens with relevant Qur'\u0101nic verses, a structure the author borrows from Bukh\u0101r\u012b himself to underscore that Had\u012bth serves as an explication of the Qur'\u0101n rather than an independent source. A distinctive editorial feature is the addition of brief head-notes summarizing each chapter's content, allowing readers to quickly locate specific guidance without reading entire sections. The author explicitly positions this work against a prior partial English translation of Bukh\u0101r\u012b by Muhammad Asad, which was prohibitively expensive and never completed, arguing that the full Bukh\u0101r\u012b is every Muslim's practical need and deserves an affordable, usable form. Written during wartime paper shortages that forced the manuscript to be cut by roughly a third, the book reflects both the logistical constraints of its moment and a deliberate missionary and pedagogical purpose.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"A Manual of Hadith: Preface","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":1029}