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    <title>differences of the Imams</title>
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    <title>Ik̲h̲tilāf al-ai̓mah. English</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Zakariyyā, Muḥammad</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1898-1982</namePart>
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    <publisher>White Thread Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2004</dateIssued>
    <edition>1st US ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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  <tableOfContents>The chief reason for the differences of narrations during the era of Allah's messenger -- The second reason : a special case is taken as a general order -- Apparent contradictions in the hadiths -- A general order is taken as a special case --A difference of perception -- Intentional action verses coincidence -- Underlying causes -- Words have multiple meanings -- Different types of injunctions -- Affectionate injunctions vs. cautionary injunctions -- Compelling interpretations -- Two categories of laws -- Fundamental and subsidiary differences -- Differences : a source of mercy -- Prejudice toward any school --  Narration by meaning -- Abrogation -- The problem of human error -- Love for Allah's messenger -- Excessive links between narrators -- Weak narrators -- Fabrication of hadiths -- Tampering with sound narrations -- The main reason for the differences between the Imams -- Types of hadiths -- The basis of rejection and preference -- Assessment of a narrator -- The indispensability of the principles of hadiths -- The most basic reason for differences -- The opinions of the Imams are all from the hadiths -- Example of the Multi-faceted methods of inferring -- Summary of the above discussion -- The parable of the Imams of hadith -- Inference in our times -- The approach of the Hanafi school of thought.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi ; translated by Mawlana Muhammad Kadwa.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Hadith</topic>
    <topic>Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Sunna</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Islamic law</topic>
    <topic>Interpretation and construction</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Islamic law</topic>
    <topic>Sources</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">KBP 450 .M8413 2004</classification>
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