Abstract
Hadith literature advocates that The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) carried out census first time in Madinah for the assessment of Muslim power, for sending delegations, for preaching Islam, spreading education, taking jizya, enumeration of warriors of ghazwat and for those who attended the last pilgrimage. This research discusses the contradictions in ahadith of census and tries to create compatibility among them. There are two basic contradictions about census. Firstly, hadith of Bukhari does not explain the occasion among of census whether it was the eve of Badr or Khandaq, Ḥudaibiyah or Uḥud. Therefore, Muhadithīn (Narrators of ḥadith), who elaborate it, have tried to guess the time of its occurrence. Secondly, three ahadith state three different statistics of the same time. Imam Nawawī has tried to create compatibility among them. This study aims at analysing the issue that how much importance was given by The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to conduct census.
Shazia Majeed, Dr. Muhammad Sultan Shah . (2021) CENSUS IN THE LIGHT OF HADITH LITERATURE, AL-ILM Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1.
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