Tasnif Style Guide — Page 152
152 TAŞNİF STYLE GUIDE Reference Verifications Overview For all original source texts that are referenced, whether secular or religious, translators must attempt to verify the original sources to ensure that they have been correctly referenced in the book being translated. If any errors are found, they should be sent in writing to Additional Wakālat-e-Tasnif for future correction. Sometimes a reference is made to a well-known hadith col- lection, such as SṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī or Ṣaḥiḥ Muslim, without ref- erence to any edition, volume, chapter, or hadith number. While this may have been convenient at a time when most of the read- ership were Muslims who were familiar with such texts, today's audiences are much broader and require complete references for verification and validation. If the reference found in an original work is incomplete-e. g. al-Bukhārī or Muslim- ―an effort should be made to identify the missing components of the reference. If unable to find the complete reference, then Additional Wakalat-e-Tasnif may be contacted to help identify the following: I. HOLY QURAN―chapter and verse number; 2. HADITH―the name of the hadith compilation, the specific book heading, chapter heading, and narration title and/ or hadith number (please note that vol. # and page # are not useful references for hadith, as their pagination differs from edition to edition and publisher to publisher); and