The Interpretation of Conflicting Narrations

The Interpretation of Conflicting Narrations

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'''''The Interpretation of Conflicting Narrations''''' or '''''Treatise on Hadith Differences''''' ({{langx|ar-Latn|Ta’wīl Mukhtalif al-Hadīth}}) is a book written by [[Ibn Qutaybah]] (828 – 885 CE / 213 – 276 AH), a renowned Islamic scholar of the [[Islamic Golden Age|Golden Age of Islam]], in which he defends and reconciles [[hadith]]s that [[Mu'tazilite]]s and so much later [[Quranists]] had dismissed as contradictory or irrational.{{cite book|last1 = A.C. Brown|first1 = Jonathan|authorlink=Jonathan A.C. Brown|title = Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World ''(Foundations of Islam series)''|date = 2009|publisher = [[Oneworld Publications]]|isbn = 978-1851686636|page = 166}}
'''''The Interpretation of Conflicting Narrations''''' or '''''Treatise on Hadith Differences''''' ({{langx|ar-Latn|Ta’wīl Mukhtalif al-Hadīth}}) is a book written by [[Ibn Qutaybah]] (828 – 885 CE / 213 – 276 AH), a renowned Islamic scholar of the [[Islamic Golden Age|Golden Age of Islam]], in which he defends and reconciles [[hadith]]s that [[Mu'tazilite]]s and later [[Quranists]] dismissed as contradictory or irrational.{{cite book|last1 = A.C. Brown|first1 = Jonathan|authorlink=Jonathan A.C. Brown|title = Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World ''(Foundations of Islam series)''|date = 2009|publisher = [[Oneworld Publications]]|isbn = 978-1851686636|page = 166}}


''The Interpretation'' was cited by the Christian author [[Bulus ibn Raja']] in his ''[[Kitab al-wadih bi-l-haqq]]'' around 1010 to highlight the contradictions of the hadiths.{{cite book |first=David |last=Bertaina |year=2021 |title=Būluṣ ibn Rajāʾ: The Fatimid Egyptian Convert Who Shaped Christian Views of Islam |publisher=Brill |pages=433–435}} It was translated and edited by Gerard Lecomte as ''Le traité des divergences du hadit d'Ibn Qutayba'' (Damascus: Institut Français du Damas, 1962, xlviii, 460 p. 25 cm.).
''The Interpretation'' was cited by the Christian author [[Bulus ibn Raja']] in his ''[[Kitab al-wadih bi-l-haqq]]'' around 1010 to highlight the contradictions of the hadiths.{{cite book |first=David |last=Bertaina |year=2021 |title=Būluṣ ibn Rajāʾ: The Fatimid Egyptian Convert Who Shaped Christian Views of Islam |publisher=Brill |pages=433–435}} It was translated and edited by Gerard Lecomte as ''Le traité des divergences du hadit d'Ibn Qutayba'' (Damascus: Institut Français du Damas, 1962, xlviii, 460 p. 25 cm.).