Source-criticism of hadith was denounced as diabolical by a Harvard-trained Iranian scholar

Evidence

The use of source-critical techniques by Orientalists to date and test the authenticity of Hadiths has also been denounced by Nasr as ‘one of the most diabolical attacks made against the whole structure of Islam’. — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 575

Categorization

• QUESTION: The specific source-critical techniques for dating hadiths are worth investigating as a methodological reference point.
• XREF: Chimes with the general theme of religious elites rejecting philological methods seen in earlier chapters of Irwin’s book.