Focus and Scope

Focus and Scope

This journal accepts scholarly articles from researchers, academics, and practitioners featuring new, critical, and progressive perspectives in Hadith and Hadith Sciences (Ulum al-Hadith). The journal is dedicated to serving as an international forum that explores Hadith not merely as a classical religious text, but as a living, evolving discourse that dynamically interacts with various modern disciplines and global socio-religious contexts.

The scope encompasses a wide spectrum of inquiry, ranging from classical philological studies and Hadith textual criticism to contemporary responses of Hadith toward technological advancements, digital media, cultural transformations, science, human rights, and environmental issues. We welcome original contributions written in English, Bahasa Indonesia, or Arabic, in the form of empirical research reports, conceptual/literature studies, or textual and manuscript analyses.

All published works reflect the independent findings, views, and arguments of the respective authors and do not represent the official stance of the Editorial Board. Authors bear full responsibility for the authenticity, academic integrity, and substance of their published manuscripts.

Scope and Sub-Themes

To guide prospective authors, the journal's thematic focus covers, but is not limited to, the following areas:

  1. Sciences of Hadith (Ulum al-Hadith)

    • Methodologies of Isnad and Matn criticism (Naqd al-Sanad wa al-Matan).

    • Studies on 'Ilal al-Hadith, Jarh wa al-Ta'dil, and Hadith authentication (takhrij).

    • Historiography, textual transmission, and the codification history of Hadith (Tadwin al-Hadith).

    • Philological and codicological studies on classical and localized Hadith manuscripts.

  2. Hadith, Hermeneutics, and Commentaries (Fahm al-Hadith & Sharh)

    • Theoretical frameworks and modern hermeneutical approaches to Hadith interpretation.

    • Textual analysis and the historical evolution of the Hadith commentary tradition (sharh).

    • Textual, contextual, intertextual, and thematic (maudhu'i) readings of Hadith.

  3. Hadith and Social Culture (Living Hadith)

    • Rituals, traditions, and everyday social practices inspired by Hadith (Living Hadith).

    • Anthropological and sociological perspectives on Hadith reception within various Muslim communities.

    • Popular religion, lay reception, and cultural adaptations of Hadith.

  4. Hadith and (New) Media

    • Transmission, authenticity, and commodification of Hadith in digital platforms and social media.

    • Digital humanities, Artificial Intelligence (AI), big data analytics, and software applications in Hadith studies.

    • Online religious authority, digital da'wah, and Hadith discourse in cyberspace.

  5. Hadith, Science, Technology, and Medicine

    • Critical inquiries into scientific narratives and Hadith texts (Scientific Hadith).

    • Prophetic medicine (Tibbun Nabawi) from modern medical, scientific, and bioethical viewpoints.

    • Environmental ethics (eco-Hadith), technology, and sustainable development goals in the light of Hadith.

  6. Hadith and Area Studies (Regional & Local Contexts)

    • Hadith studies across Southeast Asia (Nusantara), the Middle East, Western societies, and other regions.

    • The intellectual networks, publications, and scholarly contributions of local scholars (ulama).

    • Hadith pedagogy and pedagogical traditions in Islamic boarding schools (pesantren), madrasahs, and universities globally.

  7. Hadith, Governance, and Contemporary Issues

    • Hadith in relation to jurisprudence (fiqh), political philosophy, economics, and human rights.

    • Critical readings of Hadith on gender studies, social justice, pluralism, and minority rights.

    • Religious moderation, peacebuilding, counter-extremism narratives, and state-society relations based on Hadith studies.