شخصية فؤاد سزكين النقدية : علم الحديث نموذجا

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The scientific personality of Dr.

Fuat Sezgin appears through examination and criticism at the same time.

He is not one of historians who states historical information without criticism and purification as many historians do.

The examiner of his writings finds out productive science and present personality in Hadith criticism, as can be seen in his two books Al - Bukhari Sources and Arabic Heritage history - Prophetic Hadith Section.

When we look at the comments of some researchers on Secgin’s criticism of Al - Bukhari’s personality and approach, we may find out that some of his criticism is correct.

Sometimes, we see that Sezgin has his own view regarding criticism.

Therefore, this study aims to explore the critical personality of Fuat Sezgin in Hadith science, states his approach of Hadith research, then analyzes it according his scientific heritage, especially his discourse on codifying Prophetic Sunnah, his criticism of Sahih al - Bukhari, and his comments on researchers (especially orientalists).

The study does so, not only to analyze and clarify his work, but also to identify the right and wrong in it, shed light on his scientific critical personality in an objective way, present his views, and show his diligence.

It also draws on the corrections addressed to his work, as many researchers think that Fouad Sezgin follows the orientalists’ approach while he was among the early commentators who criticized them.

In this study, the researcher follows the inductive approach to gather his opinions related to Hadith science, in addition to analyzing and stating his approach in Hadith research and criticism.