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Intro -- Praise for the book -- Series page -- Title -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- Preface -- Conventions, Abbreviations, and Transliteration -- 1. The Prophet's Words Then and Now: Hadith and Its Terminology -- 2. The Transmission and Collection of Prophetic Traditions -- 3. The Methods and History of Hadith Criticism -- 4. Prophetic Traditions in Shiite Islam -- 5. The Function of Prophetic Traditions in Islamic Law and Legal Theory -- 6. The Function of Prophetic Traditions in Theology -- 7. The Function of Prophetic Traditions in Sufism -- 8. The Function of Prophetic Traditions in Politics -- 9. The Authenticity Question: Western Debates over the Historical Reliability of Prophetic Traditions -- 10. Debates over Prophetic Traditions in the Modern Muslim World -- 11. Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Copyright.