Ep. 11 | Shia Hadith: A Study of Shaykh al Saduq and His Legacy | The Insight Interviews

Timestamps listed below.
An informative discussion with Dr George Warner, on his book “The Words of the Imams - Al-Shaykh al-Saduq and the Development of Twelver Shi’i Hadith Literature”.
0:00:00 / Introduction
0:03:29 / When did hadith texts become authoritative for Imāmī Shīʿīs?
0:08:52 / Saduq defending the hadith corpus
0:12:04 / The state of Shīʿī hadith studies
0:19:24 / Tell us about your intellectual journey to writing this book?
0:24:29 / What do we know about the life of Shaykh al-Saduq?
0:32:17 / Saduqs far travels to Eastern lands of the Islamic Empire
0:34:35 / The over estimated influence of Saduq on al-Mufid
0:45:58 / Man lā yaḥḍuruhu al-faqīh- The one for whom a jurist is not present
0:48:24 / Exploring Saduq's work on Islamic ethics
0:53:24 / Did Saduq have a legal theory?
1:02:21 / Lets discuss Saduq's birth and the hagiography surrounding it
Hosted by Dr. Vinay Khetia, this instalment in our series 'The Insight Interviews', promises to be an engaging conversation.
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