Usool Al-Hadeeth

Usool Al-Hadeeth by Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips takes on a genuinely difficult field — hadith terminology and authentication — and makes it usable, addressing directly the objections raised by those who question the reliability of hadith literature as a whole.

What the Book Covers

Originally written as the textbook for the Bachelor of Islamic Studies programs Philips established in the UAE and Qatar, the book explains how scholars of hadith actually graded a narration’s authenticity — the chain of narrators, the classifications a hadith can fall into, and why the discipline exists at all. It is written to work as a teaching text without requiring a classroom: suitable for the layman and for high-school-level Islamic Studies students alike, in a field where very few accessible English works exist.

Who This Book Is For

Anyone who has been asked, or has asked themselves, how Muslims actually know a hadith is authentic — and students building the foundation for deeper hadith study.

Also by Dr. Bilal Philips

• Usool at-Tafseer — the basic principles of Qur’anic interpretation
• Usool Al-Hadeeth — the science of hadith terminology and authentication
• Tafseer Soorah al-Hujurat — a verse-by-verse commentary on Surah 49
• The Fundamentals of Tawheed — the first English-language (not translated) study of Islamic monotheism