Western Perspectives on Early Muslim Sources

This study is a critical examination of a well-known post-Schachtian scholar of Hadith; John Burton. He was a major contributor to modern Hadith studies in the West. It assesses his main arguments and his methodological approach to Hadith literature. It also provides a historical survey of the key arguments and works of his predecessors since the rise of the modern Western debates over the reliability of Hadith materials as early historical sources for Islam.