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by Muhammed Enes Topgül (Author)
"My teacher received it from his teacher, and he from his predecessor; thus, the prophetic knowledge was narrated through an unbroken chain of trust and devotion."
This is the journey of a seeker of knowledge -the muhaddith- and the story of his quest for the Prophet's legacy. From Samarkand to Bukhara, Basra to the Haramayn, his path is marked by both ease and hardship, his only companion a journal-a risala that chronicles his pilgrimage. Life fades, but the written word endures.
In Gathering Words, the author blends fiction and reality, shifting perspectives between an omniscient observer and the intimate reflections of a young scholar in the second century Hijri. We enter the world of hadith circles. scholarly methods, and revered teachers. Each step draws us closer to the living tradition of the Prophet.
Part novel, part academic exploration, this work. captures the spirit of medieval Islamic scholarship, inviting readers to experience the enduring legacy of the Prophet and the unending pursuit of truth.
Author Biography
Muhammed Enes Topgül was born in 1984 in Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey. He completed his high school education in Kartal Anadolu Imam-Hatip high school (2003). In 2004, he moved to Çanakkale and graduated from the Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Theology (2008). In the same year, he began Marmara University for graduate education. He completed his master's thesis entitled "Inclination Towards Shī'īsm In Hadīth Rāwīs" (2010). Topgül worked as a researcher in the "Centre for Islamic Studies" (ISAM) (2012-2013). Then he was appointed as a research assistant at Marmara University Faculty of Theology (2013). He holds a Ph.D. from Marmara University, and his doctoral dissertation was entitled "Early Shī'īte Ilm al-Rijāl: The Case of al-Kashshī" (2015). He spent a year as a visiting scholar in Urbana-Champaign at the University of Illinois (2018-2019).
