El Nubuwwah Jurnal Studi Hadis

Understanding the Hadith of Blessed Women:

Safira Sampe (Author); Miftah Khilmi Hidayatulloh — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:41:55 +0700

The hadith regarding the blessing of women (yumn al-mar'ah) narrated by Imam Ahmad (no. 24478) is often misinterpreted literally, potentially reducing women to objects of biological utility. This study aims to analyze the narration quality and the meaning of the hadith to ensure its relevance for contemporary Muslim society. Employing a literature research design, this study utilizes Mahmud Thahan's takhrij method for sanad analysis and the Maʿnā Cum Maghzā approach for matan analysis, using primary data from Musnad Ahmad supported by scholarly literature. The results demonstrate that the hadith is ḥasan li-żātih and elevated to ṣaḥīḥ li-gairih due to corroborating narrations. Historically, the hadith criticizes social practices that complicate marriage by emphasizing taysīr (ease) in khitbah, dowry, and fertility. Dynamically, the ease of khitbah and dowry underscores fairness, while the concept of the womb has shifted toward a contextual understanding of social and biological benefits. Consequently, the study concludes that the hadith affirms the essential benefits of marriage within the framework of hifẓ al-dīn, hifẓ al-nafs, and hifẓ al-nasl

Misogynistic Interpretations of Hadith:

Siti Masykuroh (Author); Masruchin Masruchin — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:27:07 +0700

This study examines misogynistic narratives in the hadith tradition by investigating how specific hadiths concerning women have been constructed and legitimized as dominant discourses within Muslim societies. The analysis focuses on hadiths portraying women as sources of temptation (fitnah), deficient in intellect and religion, unqualified for leadership, restricted in their mobility, and created from a crooked rib. The study employs Asma Barlas's critical hermeneutics as a supporting interpretive approach to distinguish between the hadith text, its socio-historical context, and its interpretive tradition, thereby identifying patriarchal assumptions embedded in their reception and interpretation. Michel Foucault's genealogical approach serves as the primary analytical framework to trace the historical processes through which these interpretations were produced, codified, legitimized, and reproduced within relations of power. The findings demonstrate that misogynistic tendencies are not inherent in the hadith texts themselves but are products of interpretive constructions shaped by patriarchal socio-historical contexts. Genealogical analysis further reveals that these interpretations were institutionalized through hadith commentaries, Islamic jurisprudence, and religious institutions, eventually evolving into a regime of truth that positioned women in subordinate social and religious roles. This study argues that the critique should be directed not at the authority of hadith as a source of Islamic teaching, but at the historical processes through which patriarchal interpretations have been produced and sustained.

Hadith Genre, Qasasul-Anbiyāʾ, and Isrāʾīliyyāt:

Diah Yuliarizki (Author); Zalfa Qothrun Nada — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:55:13 +0700

Contemporary Hadith studies have increasingly been framed within a rigid dichotomy between the normative approach, which regards Hadith as an authoritative religious source, and revisionist historiographical approaches that primarily question its historical authenticity. This polarization has left unresolved scholarly debates concerning the fluid boundaries between Prophetic Hadith, Qiṣaṣ al-Anbiyāʾ, and Isrāʾīliyyāt in the formative period of Islamic literature. This study aims to reconstruct the implications of Roberto Tottoli's theory of genre fluidity for redefining Hadith as a literary category while examining its interaction with Isrāʾīliyyāt narratives in early Islamic literary traditions. Employing a qualitative library-based approach, this research adopts a figure-study method by critically examining Tottoli's principal works through genre criticism and placing them in dialogue with the epistemological perspectives of classical Hadith scholars, particularly Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ, Ibn Taymiyyah, and Ibn Kathīr. The findings demonstrate that during the pre-tadwīn period, the boundaries between Hadith, historical narratives, Qiṣaṣ al-Anbiyāʾ, and Isrāʾīliyyāt remained fluid and mutually interconnected. In contrast, the post-tadwīn period witnessed the gradual establishment of disciplinary boundaries through the epistemology of isnād and textual verification, distinguishing canonical Prophetic traditions from broader narrative traditions. This study proposes a dialogical synthesis in which Hadith is understood simultaneously as a literary genre that evolved historically and as a normative source whose authority was secured through the epistemological framework of classical Hadith scholarship, thereby contributing a more balanced perspective to contemporary Hadith Studies.