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A Study of Hadith Narrator Figures: Primary Narrating Companions, Comparative Analysis, and the Polemic over Abu Hurairah's Narrations Fayumi Hasan; Luthfil Aziman; Moh. Najib; Engkos Kosasih
MSJ : Majority Science Journal Vol. 4 No. 3 (2026): MSJ - August
Publisher : PT. Hafasy Dwi Nawasena

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61942/msj.v4i3.644

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This study aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the profiles, characteristics, and narration methodologies of four principal hadith-narrating Companions: Abu Hurairah, Aisyah bint Abu Bakr, Abdullah ibn Abbas, and Abdullah ibn Umar. In addition, this paper critically evaluates the polemic surrounding the large number of narrations attributed to Abu Hurairah, which has been the target of criticism from contemporary scholars and orientalists. The study employs a qualitative library-research method combining three approaches: critical biography (al-tarjamah al-naqdiyyah), comparative analysis, and argument evaluation (naqd al-hujaj). The findings identify four ideal types of narration methodology: intensive-holistic (Abu Hurairah), selective-critical (Aisyah), interpretive-analytical (Ibn Abbas), and conservative-verificative (Ibn Umar). Regarding the Abu Hurairah polemic, the critics' arguments are found to contain methodological weaknesses in the form of overgeneralization and double standards, while the large volume of Abu Hurairah's narrations has adequate historical explanations rooted in his dedication. The study concludes that the difference in the quantity of narrations among the four figures reflects differences in historical circumstances and methodological choices rather than differences in integrity or faith.
Religious Authority in the Digital Age: A Critical Review of the Theme of Authority in Heidi A. Campbell's Digital Religion and Its Implications for Contemporary Hadith Studies Luthfil Aziman; Fayumi Hasan; Dody S. Truna; Rifki Rosyad
MSJ : Majority Science Journal Vol. 4 No. 3 (2026): MSJ - August
Publisher : PT. Hafasy Dwi Nawasena

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61942/msj.v4i3.645

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This article presents a critical review of the theme of religious authority as elaborated by Pauline Hope Cheong in Chapter Five of Heidi A. Campbell's edited volume Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds (Routledge, 2013). Employing a qualitative library-research approach with thematic content analysis, this study reconstructs Cheong's three analytical logics—disjuncture and displacement, continuity and complementarity, and dialectics and paradox—and projects their relevance to contemporary Hadith studies. The findings indicate that, first, Cheong's tripartite framework is a robust meta-theoretical instrument for mapping the dynamics of religious authority in digital culture. Second, the displacement logic resonates with the phenomenon of unauthorized fatwa circulation and the “democratization” of hadith citation in cyberspace, which threatens the epistemic monopoly of the ulama. Third, the continuity logic finds parallels in the strategic adaptation of hadith scholars and pesantren-based institutions in producing digital content for verifying narrations (takhrīj). Fourth, the dialectical logic offers a more nuanced perspective for reading the paradox of digital authority within Hadith Studies, namely that an audience's digital literacy can simultaneously erode and reinforce the authority of muḥaddith. This article concludes that integrating Cheong's framework with the classical epistemology of ʿulūm al-ḥadīth—particularly the principles of isnād, ʿadālah, and ḍabṭ—is urgently needed to formulate a methodology for evaluating the authority of hadith narrations on digital platforms.