CIE SYLLABUS ON HADITH AND SUNNAH
Syllabus CIE The history of the compilation of Hadith · The earliest collections · The main Musnad and Musannaf collections · The main compilers and their activities · The methods based on the examination of the chain of transmitters (Isnad) and the text (Matn) of a Hadith to test the reliability of Hadith · The main features of the six collections of Sunni Hadith and the four collections of Shi’a Hadith · The major themes of the Hadith as these are contained both in the passages set for special study and in other similar passages · Their use in legal thinking and their relationship with the Quran, consensus (Ijma) and the analogy (Qiyas) · Their significance in thought and action in Islam