ABSTRACT
Table 4.6: Number of isnads with common informants of al-Tabari and students of Ibn cAbbas
Table 4.7: Number of selected isniids
'lkrima IbnJubayr Mujiihid Percentage (d. 105/723-4) (d. 95/714) (d. 104/722)
al-Muthannii 18 29 19 8.0% (d. after 240/854) Abii Kurayb 63 98 19 21.7% (d. 247-8/861-2) Sufyiin ibn Walu--c 52 86 17 18.9% (d. 247/861) Ibn l:lumayd 45 72 25 17.3% (d. 248/862) al-Qiisim 14 24 10 5.9% (d. 272/885) Ibn al-Muthannii 40 30 10 9.8% (d. 250-2/864-6) Ibn Bashshiir 18 63 16 11.8% (d. 252/866) Yacqiib (d. 252/866) 14 28 12 6.6% Percentage 32.2% 52.2% 15.6% 100%
Exegetical Devices
Wansbrough 's Twelve
Additional Categories
Prose,"pp.174-5. 2 Cook, Early Muslim Dogma, p. 116. 3 See Chapter 2, pages 36-8. 4 See pages 127-9, and Chapter 3, pages 88-9. 5 See Chapter 2, pages 34-6 and 45-6, respectively. 6 See Chapter 2, page 37. 7 See Chapter 3, pages 74-8, and Chapter 2, pages 15-6 and 29-32. 8 See Chapter 3, page 77 and Chapter 2, pages 42-5. 9 See Chapter 3, pages 76-7 and Chapter 2, pages 46-8.
