Research methodology in Islamic studies

Professor Farouk Hamada's (may God preserve him) book "Research Methodology in Islamic Studies: Authorship and Verification" was divided into two sections. The first section was dedicated to the methodology of research and authorship, with two chapters. The first chapter began with a discussion on the expansion of Islamic studies in time, place, and subject. It pointed out the purposes and goals of authorship, as well as the steps of research in content and form. It called on researchers to divide the research, plan it carefully, gather information with awareness and insight, and to continuously scrutinize, organize, and formulate it. It emphasized the importance of honesty in transmitting ideas and attributing them, understanding texts correctly, determining their meanings, consulting experts in each field, and maintaining honest and balanced criticism. The second chapter of the research methodology outlined the formal and aesthetic steps of the art of authorship, warning researchers of the necessity of proper style and beauty, and of accurately marking the text with diacritics, tashkeel, and punctuation. It also pointed out the importance of correct Qur'anic readings, advised good quoting, avoiding unnecessary elaboration, adhering to common terminology, writing foreign words in the language from which they are borrowed, and including sources and references. It recommended creating indexes and glossaries, producing well-designed and engaging layouts, and including comprehensive summaries. The second section was dedicated to verification methodology and the revival of heritage. It aimed to serve the following works by the author Farouk Hamada: - The Correct in the Virtues of the Qur'an, its Surahs, and Verses - Enlightening the Qur'an for the People of Faith - Developing the Studies of the Prophetic Sunnah - Knowledge, Its Rules, and Horizons in the Prophetic Sunnah - Documenting the Sunnah in the Prophetic Era - Moroccan Maliki Researches - Imam Sahnoun’s Manuscript or the Fiqh Writings: Origins, Care, and Influence - Clothing and Adornment: Rules and Etiquettes - Economic Transactions: Constants and Horizons - Levels of Faith - Fathers and Sons: Pedagogical Features in the Noble Qur'an - The Prophetic Advice to the Islamic Ummah in the Farewell Pilgrimage - The Correct Method in the Prophetic Wills - Living in the Ladder of Success - Values of Coexistence and Tolerance - Islamic Studies in the Qur'an, Fiqh, Language, Thought, and Civilization - Sources of the Prophetic Biography and Its Evaluation - The Noble Prophetic Dignity: A Documented Study of the Prophetic Biography and Pure Descendants - Islamic-Christian Relations in the Prophetic Era - The Sermon of the Great Conquest: The Conquest of Mecca and the Love of the Ansar - Days in the Life of the First Generation - Abdullah bin Al-Siddiq Al-Ghamari, the Critical Hafiz — Series on Contemporary Scholars and Thinkers 29 - Research Methodology in Islamic Studies - Introductory Preliminaries for Theses and Dissertations - About: Farouk Hamada, the Authentic Hadith Scholar and the Benevolent Educator — Series on Contemporary Scholars and Thinkers 42 - Dr. Farouk Mahmoud Hamada: A Pioneering Experience in Serving Values