Part 1
Origins of the Science of
Hadith
Hadith among the Shi`ah
The Four Books
The Age of Exposition
The Age of Great Scholars
and Great Books
Hadith Among the Ahl
al-Sunnah
Al-Sihah al-Sittah
Works based on al-Sihah
al-Sittah
Part 2
Reasons behind emergence
of `ilm dirayat
al-hadith
Dirayat al-hadith
`Ilm al-Rijal
Five Important Shi'ite Works
Important Books
composed by scholars of
Ahl al-Sunnah
Important scholars of al-Rijal
Part 3
Disciplines in `ilm al-hadith
Kinds of Hadith