Three Day International Seminar on HADITH @ 2012

Department of Arabic, University of Kerala

Kariavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram - 695581

Three Day International Seminar on

"THE LANGUAGE, PHILOSOPHY AND TEACHINGS OF HADITH"

Dates                               :        16^th, 17^th & 18^th February, 2012

No. of Papers                             :        Fifty

Mode of Presentation        :        Using Audio Visual Aids (If Needs)

Medium                            :        Arabic / English

Time                                :        20 Minutes for presentation +10 Minutes for open session

Last date of submission -

of Abstract/ Synopsis20   :        30^th December, 2011

Last date of submission –

of final paper                    :        30^th December, 2011

Participants                     :        Academicians, Theologicians, Hadeeth Interpreters, Translators,  Language experts, Media / Press persons, Linguists, Software/ Net experts, Researchers, Language Teachers,  Policy makers, Printers and Publishers, etc. are the participants for the seminar.

Suggested Seminar Areas

Hadith, the teaching and life of prophet Muhammed (pbuh). It belongs to seventh and eighth century. Hadith is the sacred saying of Muhammed (pbuh), who lived in 6th Century in Arabia. Hundreds of Hadith books are available belongs to that period and there after. The reports of the Prophet's (pbuh) sayings and deeds are called hadith. The famous Hadith scholars lived a couple of centuries after the Prophet (pbuh) and worked extremely hard to collect His hadith. Each report in the collection was checked for compatibility with the Qur'an, and the veracity of the chain of reporters had to be painstakingly established. This collection is recognized by the overwhelming majority of the Muslim world to be one of the most authentic collections of the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh).

Following are the broad areas for Discussion:-

v  The Language of Hadith

v  Style, narrations and  Semiotics of Hadith

v  Approaches to Hadith

v  Interpretations Hadith and their ages

v  Translations in world languages including Indian languages and Malayalam

v  Philosophy and knowledge provided by Hadith

v  Reporting and authenticity of Hadith

v  Cyber versions and Online Hadith

v  Post - 09/11 and the spread of Quran and Hadith in West and the Rest

v  Contemporary explanation and modern epistemology on Hadith

v  Attempts of additions and distortion – fake Hadith versions

v  Quran and Hadiths relations

v  Reference of Universe/ earth/ ocean/ sky/ seasons/ Hell and Heaven

v  Reference and explanation of Almighty, etc…..

Organising Secretary:-

Dr. A. Nizarudeen

Prof. & Head

Department of Arabic

Kariavattom Campus

University of Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala, India – 695581

Contact for details: 09747318105, 09947785086

Contact us @ : campusarabic@gmail.com

For Invitation
http://www.scribd.com/doc/73625436/Invitation-Letter-for-Seminar-New
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http://www.4shared.com/document/vnCWd9yc/Invitation_Letter_for_Seminar_.html?