Collocation as a method in textual criticism of Hadith

Abstract

Hadith in the process of transmission to the next generations exposed to some damagesincluding,distortion and displacement. This phenomenon necessitate to provide methods in examination and emendation of hadith. Hence, in this article, the authors proposed "collocation" as a method to examine and emendate damaged hadith.so , first of all this method has been introduced and after that the efficiency of this methodwith some examples have shown.

Keywords

• : hadith and textual criticism
• distortion and displacement
• collocation and textual criticism
• mohammad taqi shooshtari