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===Ignác Goldziher (d. 1921)=== | ===Ignác Goldziher (d. 1921)=== | ||
Ignác Goldziher, considered one of the "founder[s] of modern Islamic studies in Europe", wrote the following: | Ignác Goldziher, considered one of the "founder[s] of modern Islamic studies in Europe", wrote the following: | ||
{{Quote|{{citation|author=Ignác Goldziher|year=1971|publisher=Allen and Unwin|volume=II|page=148|ISBN=|editor1=C.R. Barber|editor2=S.M. Stern|ISBN=9780042900094|title=Muslim Studies}}|It is not at all rare in the literature of traditions that sayings are ascribed to the Prophet which for a long time circulated in Islam under the authority of another name. So-called ''ahadith mawqufa'', i.e. sayings traced back to companions or even successors, were very easily transformed into ''ahadith marfu'a'', i.e. sayings traced back to the Prophet, by simply adding without much scruple a few names at random which were necessary to complete the chain.}} | {{Quote|{{citation|author=Ignác Goldziher|year=1971 (originally published 1889)|publisher=Allen and Unwin|volume=II|page=148|ISBN=|editor1=C.R. Barber|editor2=S.M. Stern|ISBN=9780042900094|title=Muslim Studies}}|It is not at all rare in the literature of traditions that sayings are ascribed to the Prophet which for a long time circulated in Islam under the authority of another name. So-called ''ahadith mawqufa'', i.e. sayings traced back to companions or even successors, were very easily transformed into ''ahadith marfu'a'', i.e. sayings traced back to the Prophet, by simply adding without much scruple a few names at random which were necessary to complete the chain.}} | ||
===Joseph Schacht (d. 1969)=== | ===Joseph Schacht (d. 1969)=== | ||
Joseph Schacht, the leading scholar on the history of Islamic law during his time, wrote the following: | Joseph Schacht, the leading scholar on the history of Islamic law during his time, wrote the following: | ||
{{Quote|{{citation|author=Joseph Schacht|year=1979|page=3|publisher=Oxford University Press|ISBN=9780198253570|title=The Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence}}|We shall have to conclude that, generally and broadly speaking, traditions from Companions and Successors are earlier than those from the Prophet.}}{{Quote|{{citation|author=Joseph Schacht|year=1979|page=149|publisher=Oxford University Press|ISBN=9780198253570|title=The Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence}}|We shall not met any legal tradition from the prophet which can positively be considered authentic.}}{{Quote|{{citation|author=Joseph Schacht|year=1979|page=165|publisher=Oxford University Press|ISBN=9780198253570|title=The Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence}}|[T]he backwards growth of the ''isnads'' in particular is identical with the projection of doctrines back to higher authorities. Generally speaking, we can say that the most perfect and complete ''isnads'' are the latest.}} | {{Quote|{{citation|author=Joseph Schacht|year=1979 (originally published 1950)|page=3|publisher=Oxford University Press|ISBN=9780198253570|title=The Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence}}|We shall have to conclude that, generally and broadly speaking, traditions from Companions and Successors are earlier than those from the Prophet.}}{{Quote|{{citation|author=Joseph Schacht|year=1979 (originally published 1950)|page=149|publisher=Oxford University Press|ISBN=9780198253570|title=The Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence}}|We shall not met any legal tradition from the prophet which can positively be considered authentic.}}{{Quote|{{citation|author=Joseph Schacht|year=1979 (originally published 1950)|page=165|publisher=Oxford University Press|ISBN=9780198253570|title=The Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence}}|[T]he backwards growth of the ''isnads'' in particular is identical with the projection of doctrines back to higher authorities. Generally speaking, we can say that the most perfect and complete ''isnads'' are the latest.}} | ||
===G.H.A. Juynboll (d. 2010)=== | ===G.H.A. Juynboll (d. 2010)=== | ||