Keyword

isnad

• Research Paper

  Islam: History, Authority and the Development of Islamic Tradition

  A historical-critical review of the Qur'an and Hadith as sources of religious authority in Islam, distinguishing established fact, scholarly consensus, majority and minority opinion, disputed claims, and theological interpretation at every step.

• Article

  Can Hadith Explain the Qur'an?

  A verse-by-verse, source-by-source investigation into whether the Qur'an itself assigns the Prophet an explanatory role beyond the recited text, and what the historical record shows about when the classical doctrine of Sunna's authority actually took shape. Reader's Edition: written for anyone, with every technical term and named scholar introduced as it appears.

• Article

  Islam: A Reader's Guide to the Qur'an, Hadith and Early Islamic History

  A plain-language companion to Revert Way's academic review of the Qur'an and Hadith: the same evidence, sources, and arguments, with every technical term and historical figure introduced on first use.