HADITH SCIENCES AND ITS LITERARY EVOLUTION IN PAKISTAN
Abstract
As the Hadith is second major source of Islamic Sharia, therefore Sahabah & Muslim scholars devoted their lives for compilation of Hadith. Usool e Hadith is an important knowledge and source which provide the principles to check the level, text and narration of Hadith. The Muhadditheen invented the principles for Usool e Hadith according to the spirit of Islam. Pakistani scholars made their best contributions in this field by serving it in multi dimensions. Usool-e-Hadith is a part of syllabus in Pakistani educational institutions. Along with text books of hadith, books of Usool-e-Hadith are also included in this syllabus. In universities and Dars-e-Nizami of Islamic maadarasah, Usool-e-Hadith is a compulsory subject.