The hadith methodology of Ibn al-Athir in the context of the introduction of the Câmiu'l-Usûl

Introductions that were written to the hadith books and began to be seen in the third century of the Islamic Calendar are important oeuvres since they contains the purpose of the book, explanation of the methodology, and many other information about the methodology of the study of hadith. Writing introduction to hadith books, became a tradition in the later period and many scholars on the study of Hadith wrote introductions as an introduction to their works. These introductions play crucial role while determining the methodology of hadith of the scholars. In this thesis, the mukaddime of Ibn Al-Athir (ö. 606/1210) written to the Câmiu'l-usûl fî ehâdîsi'r-Resûl in which he compiled the hadiths from Kutub al-Sittah, and the sources that was used in this mukaddime will be analyzed and his approach to the study of hadith will be determined.