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Publication Date: 2022/11/22
تاریخ اسلام (20086431)(2140190)pp. 7-38
The history of early Islam includes various approaches of Islamic community towards Imam Ali (PBUH). The believers of appointed Imamate and the ones believed in the elected caliphate are two groups unanimous in regard with the superior position of Imam Ali (PBUH). The third group are those against that holiness. This research aimed to clarify the ways of opposition with Imam Ali (PBUH) and investigated the data present in the Sunnite sources regarding the events occurred during 36 to 132 (A.H) through the historical approach. According to the findings, the enmity with that holiness has been represented by attributing blasphemy, cursing, accusing, leaving the Prophetic tradition, denying the virtues, removing the name of that holiness and oppressing his followers.
Publication Date: 2021/02/19
تاریخ اسلام (20086431)(49880)pp. 119-138
The study of women’s parts taken in various political and social domains of early Islam is considered as one of the necessities of research in order to understand the hidden angles in the events happened in this major historical era.
The present article is to analyze the sermon presented by one of the Alawite believers namely Ommol Khair Bent al- Horaish Ibn e- Saraqeh in Safin battle relying on the descriptive-analytical method. According to the findings of this research, Ommol Khair has taken advantage of Quranic verses to describe Muawiyah and those against Amir al- Momenin (PBUH) and besides reproaching worldly-mindedness and negligence, she has prevented them from disagreement with divine orders and obedience of self-will.
Her sermon is mainly specified to the verses regarding the divine experiment, patience, unity, foregrounding the dimensions of divine guidance and finally referring to the narrative and intellectual reasons of superiority of Amir al Momenin (PBUH)
Publication Date: 2021
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies (20728050)77(4)
The aim of this article is to briefly introduce and to examine the views of the founders of thfour Sunni schools of Islamic jurisprudence (namely, Abū Hanīfa Nuʻmān ibn Thābit, Mālik ibn Anas, Muhammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfʻī, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal) and that of their renowned students and followers, regarding the legitimacy of engaging in the study of Islamic doctrinabeliefs or Kalām. Different, and often conflicting, views have been postulated on this matterSome Sunni thinkers have condemned the pursuit of theology as an act of heresy and denounced its practitioners as apostates. Other Sunni thinkers have extolled this disciplinas the noblest of sciences whose learning and teaching are, at least under certain circumstances, incumbent. This fundamental dispute regarding the legitimacy of thdiscipline of theology has resulted in a rather contentious and opaque scholarly environmentIn addition to the inherent importance of the discipline of theology as such, the significancof this dispute is compounded by the impact that the attitude one adopts toward thidiscipline can have on the development of the intellectual and rational aspects of Islam. A negative attitude toward theology, for example, can hamper the application of rationaelements to Islamic doctrine. Our focus in this article is on analysing the views of the leading thinkers and jurists of the Sunni school and investigating the most authoritative sources odoctrinal tradition within this major denomination of Islam. Our study leads us to concludthat the disapproving views of the preeminent Sunni figures should be construed, not as denunciation of the discipline of theology per se, but as a refutation of certain theologicaprinciples and persuasions that are viewed as incompatible with orthodox Islamic faith. In addition to and preceding that conclusion, this article provides a survey of the literaturconcerning the views of Muslim scholars on the legitimacy of Kalām. After categorising these views into the two opposite camps of Kalam’s legitimacy and illegitimacy, the articlthen proceeds to evaluate and critically analyse them, and to resolve some of their initiaincompatibilities. Contribution: The article sheds new light on the historical development of the discipline otheology within the Sunni schools of Islam. This is a little-studied and often overlooked subject that can help in attaining a better understanding of how this critical field within religious studies has emerged into its present form. © 2021. The Authors.
