Karim, Abdul2019-09-252019-09-252016-08-012013-08http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/155622This article tries to explore some views of western scholars or orientalist on hadith, especially Goldziher and Schacht related to authenticity of hadith. The author shows that in the field of Al-Quran and hadith studies, most of orientalist uses historical criticism and textual criticism approach in their study. Some scholars such as Christoph Luxenberg and Theodor Noldeke try to use historical criticism approach to study Al-Quran. In the other side, John Wansbrough and Arthur Jeffery use literary criticism approach to study al-Quran. In the field of Hadith studies, there are Goldziher and Schacht that focus on authenticity of hadith. In this article, the author also presents some views from Muslim scholars such as Fazlurrahman and MM Adzami that expert on hadith studies to give critics on orientalist views.indWith permission of the license/copyright holderHadisTafsirOrientalistDiscourseReligious ethicsSpirituality and ethicsMethods of ethicsGeneral and historicalPhilosophical ethicsJournal volume