Studies in Early Hadith LiteratureStudies in Early Hadith Literature Dr. Muhammad Mustafa al A`zami Studies in Early Hadith Literature begins with a brief survey of the literary activities in Pre and Early Islamic Arabia proceeding to the discussion of whether or not the recording of the hadith was permitted by the Prophet. Later on a comprehensive survey of the pre classical Hadith provides information about the thousands of books of Hadith circulating among scholars in that period.