Part 1
Origins of the Science of
   Hadith
Hadith among the Shi`ah
The Four Books
The Age of Exposition
The Age of Great Scholars
   and Great Books
Hadith Among the Ahl
   al-Sunnah
Al-Sihah al-Sittah
Works based on al-Sihah
   al-Sittah

Part 2
Reasons behind emergence
   of `ilm dirayat 
   al-hadith
Dirayat al-hadith 
`Ilm al-Rijal 
Five Important Shi'ite
   Works
Important Books 
   composed by scholars of
   Ahl al-Sunnah
Important scholars of 
   al-Rijal

Part 3
Disciplines in `ilm 
   al-hadith 
Kinds of Hadith

Bibliography