Abdul Hakim Wahid
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta

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Pluralisasi dan Peredaran Pengetahuan dalam Studi Hadis Barat dan Indonesia, 2010–2020 Abdul Hakim Wahid; Aep Saepulloh; Muh. Akbar Nasrulah
Refleksi: Jurnal Kajian Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 25 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Faculty of Ushuluddin Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/refleksi.v25.i1.50560

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This article compares selected works in Western Islamic Studies and Indonesian hadith scholarship published between 2010 and 2020 to examine changes in research objects, evidentiary practices, and knowledge circulation in contemporary hadith studies. Previous scholarship has largely framed their relationship through debates on hadith authenticity, often overlooking shifts in research objects and analytical procedures. Using a comparative literature-based approach, this study analyzes selected publications in terms of their research objects, sources, forms of evidence, and modes of inference. The findings show that both academic environments experienced a broadening of research objects and procedures. Within Islamic Studies, hadith research expanded beyond source criticism to include commentary traditions, manuscripts, transmission, authority, and reception. In Indonesia, similar developments are reflected in methodological debates, mappings of scholarship and publication trends, curriculum studies, and living hadith research. Differences in publication language, genre, and publishing channels indicate patterns of asymmetrical knowledge circulation, although the extent of such asymmetry is not measured in this study. The findings suggest that the relationship between the two environments is better understood as a process of intellectual exchange and adaptation rather than merely a response to debates over authenticity.
The Reorientation of Western Hadith Studies (2010–2020): Authenticity and Contextual Reconstruction Abdul Hakim Wahid; Aep Saepulloh; Bustamin; Syifa Mauliza
Al-Zahra : Journal for Islamic and Arabic Studies Vol. 23 No. 1 (2026): Al-Zahra: Journal for Islamic and Arabic Studies
Publisher : Fakultas Dirasat Islamiyah, Univitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/zr.v23i1.54353

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This article examines the changing orientation of Western hadith studies during the period 2010–2020. Although debates over hadith authenticity remain an important theme, the question of authenticity alone is no longer considered sufficient to explain how hadith authority is constructed, how commentary (sharḥ) traditions develop, and how reports are used in diverse intellectual contexts. This study aims to investigate the changing position of authenticity as a research problem and to analyze the relationship between source criticism and contextual reconstruction in contemporary hadith scholarship. The research employs a qualitative library-based approach using intellectual history and comparative analysis. The primary corpus consists of twenty-three purposively selected academic publications. Each work is examined through five analytical indicators: research object, research question, type of evidence, method of analysis, and scope of conclusions. The findings reveal four overlapping areas of inquiry: the evaluation of hadith dating methods, the relationship between hadith, law, and scholarly authority, manuscript and commentary studies, and reflections on the limits of historical inference. This classification is not intended to describe a universal developmental sequence for the entire field of Western hadith studies. Rather, it serves as an analytical framework for interpreting the selected corpus. The study demonstrates that authenticity has not disappeared from contemporary hadith scholarship. In some works, authenticity remains the primary objective of research, while in others it functions as a starting point for investigating the history of transmission, usage, and interpretation of hadith. Based on these findings, the article proposes a model of contextual reconstruction that connects research questions with the evidence employed and the limits of the claims that may be drawn from it. The proposed model offers a more balanced framework for assessing arguments across different methodological approaches without reducing methodological differences to conflicts of academic identity.