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ajiss-1299	Hashim, Ahmed M.	Authentication of Hadith: Redefining the Criteria By Israr Ahmad Khan (Herndon, Virginia: The International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2010. 215 pages.)	2010.0	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1232	47	54	This book attempts to construct criteria whereby one can validate (reject or accept) Prophetic traditions (hadiths) that are considered questionable. Khan gives several useful examples of the potential motives and causes for this practice, such as the political; the desire of certain newly converted communities to introduce them in order to maintain elements of their old faith or for the sake of weakening Islam (if they were internally hostile toward it); the rivalry among activists in the various theological and legal schools of thought to elevate their school’s status; merchants attempting to increase their profits by attaching greater values to their goods by alleging the Prophet’s supposed preference for them; the act of narrating hadiths as a paid profession for storytellers who did not mind inventing hadiths as needed; and, finally, the overenthusiasm of some Muslims toward their religion and their desire to attract non- Muslims to the faith.	cache/ajiss-1299.pdf	txt/ajiss-1299.txt