Islamic Tradition[12] There are six collections of canonical hadith for the Sunnis, which are
often referred to by the names of their editors: Bukhari (d. 870 AD),
Muslim (d. 875 AD), Abu Dawud (d. 888 AD), al-Tirmidhi (d. 892 AD),
al-Nasa'i (d. 915), and Ibn Maja (d. 886 AD); as shown in SEI, p. 119.
[13] The Shiites also have six collections of canonical hadith, the earliest
of which is the al-Kafi of Muhammad b. Yaqub (d. 939 AD). The basic difference between the Sunni and Shiite collections is that the Shiites place more value on the traditions ofAli and those who thought he should have
been the first caliph after Muhammad's death; SEI, p. 120.
[14] See ECMD, p. 724.
[15] Ibid., p. 722.
[16] Ibid., p. 723.
[17] The pagan oaths at the beginning of many of the earliest suras of the
Qur'an also imply this.
[18] See the traditional commentary to Qur'an 74:1-5 in Sahih Bukhari,
vol. 6, pp. 452 f.
[19] See e.g. pp. 26 and 28, above.
[20] Cf. ECMD, pp. 723 f.
[21] Sahih Bukhari, vol. 8, pp. 337 f.
[22] Sahih Muslim, vol. 4, p. 1348 (6162, 6165)
[23] Ibid.
[24] Sahih Bukhari, vol. 1, pp. 87, 315.
[25] Sahih Bukhari, vol. 4, pp. 166, 524; Sahih Muslim, vol. 4, p. 1509.
[26] Sahih Muslim, vol. 4, pp. 1506 f.
[27] See Crone, Trade, pp. 217 f, 224 f.