Descriptive · Framework-dependent · Auditable

An interdisciplinary engine for the ethical analysis of hadith.

Browse classical Sunni hadith collections, view AI-assisted classifications by topic, target audience, and action type, and compare ethical readings under three explicit frameworks — Human Rights (UDHR), Islamic Traditionalist, and Islamic Reformist.

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8 canonical collections

Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Malik, Ahmad. Ingested on demand from an open dataset.

AI classification

Topic, gender target (women/men/general/enslaved/etc.), and action type — each with explicit confidence.

Multi-framework scoring

Six ethical dimensions scored 0–5 under each framework. Never collapsed into a single 'truth' score.

Active ethical frameworks

All frameworks

UDHR

Human Rights (UDHR-based)

Evaluates narrations against the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights: equal dignity, non-discrimination, freedom of movement, freedom from cruel punishment, equal protection under law.

· Persons of all genders, religions, and statuses hold equal rights.
· Coercive religious obligation that conflicts with civil rights is flagged.

Traditionalist

Islamic Traditionalist

Reads the hadith through classical Sunni jurisprudential frameworks (the four madhahib). Treats authentic narrations as normative legal sources. Gendered roles are read as divinely ordained complementarity rather than inequality.

· Authentic hadith carry legal weight (hujjiyya).
· Gendered roles are framed as complementarity, not hierarchy.

Reformist

Islamic Reformist

Modern reformist readings (Fazlur Rahman, Amina Wadud, Khaled Abou El Fadl, etc.) that distinguish universal Qur'anic ethics from historically-contingent hadith rulings. Reads patriarchal-seeming narrations through their 7th-century context.

· The Qur'an's ethical trajectory takes priority over isolated narrations.
· Hadith must be read in their historical and social context.