مرويات الكوفيين في السيرة النبوية حتى منتصف القرن الثالث الهجري == Novel Kufic The Prophet Biograph Mid - third century of Hijrah
Author name:
هنادي مهدي كريم الياسري
Supervisor name:
شاكر مجيد كاظم الحواني
General topic:
History
Specific topic:
Islamic History
Degree:
Doctorate
University:
University Of Basrah - College Of Literature - Department Of History
Language:
Arabic
University location:
Basrah
First pages:
11T3186 - p.pdf
Abstract:
Throughout our study of the prophetic life, and according to the Kufian study, we have come to a number of conclusions : 1 - Al Kufa is regarded as one of the first Islamic cities which was erected as well as Basra at the beginning of Islam as a natural process for the Muslim Arab to raise the banner of jihad and spread it for the sake of Allah. So Al Kufa took upon itself the responsibility of liberating the eastern lands of the Islamic caliphate.2 - Kufa included several intellectual radiant centers which attracted the scholars and the pioneers to its workshops and councils. The mosque is the most important one. For instance, the mosques in the city and Basra played a central cultural role in the early era of Islam. The importance of Kufa became greater when imam Ali (PBUH) settled down in it to make it the capital of the Islamic state in (36AH/ 656AD). He worked on developing the scientific movement and reciting the correct prophetic biography by delivering some of the eloquent speeches in the mosque of Kufa, and these speeches are all included in his book Nahj Al Balagha (The Approach of Rhetoric).3 - The study has come to a result that without the school of Ahl al - Bayt (the prophet’s close family) PBUT and their Shiites, Muslims have known nothing about the messenger of Allah as well as the Islamic sciences. Despite the persecutions which Muslims had suffered throughout history, they were able to provide a clear vision of the character of prophet Muhammad in the Kufian community which is compatible with the image mentioned in the Quran. In fact, the Shiites of Kufa relied in their stories and information on the prophet’s close family, such as Imam Ali PBUH, the prophet’s cousin and the husband of his daughter, who had lived in Kufa. His affinity and familiarity with the prophet enabled him to be the best person to relay the teachings of the prophet, and it also made him a witness to all the contemporary events which he presented in detailed documented stories to the narrators of Shiites in Kufa.4 - The narrators of Kufa gave a great attention to the documented Hadith, and they were known to be the first to research the authenticity of the Hadith at a time the concepts about the criticism of Hadith and its documented source was not familiar or known to others. As a result, the public narrators who were known as impartial and fair relied on the stories and Hadiths of the Kufian narrators due to their accuracy and validity. Thus these documented Hadiths and stories were known as the most authentic and reliable sources.5 - The people of Kufa had a role in showing the utmost care in reciting the biography of the prophet through the honest and true stories which were reported by Imams, the prophet’s selected sons.6 - It has become clear through this study that despite the Kufian environment which was persecuted by the governmental authority, the stories of the Kufian narrators have been foundedand based on the texts of the Quran. The reason behind this creditibility is that the narrators studies at the school of Ahl al - Bayt, the prophet and his close family or because some of them were interpreters of the Quran the reason which made those narrators interpret the prophetic biography depending on their explanation of the Quran.7 - The narrators of Kufa were very accurate in reciting and their understanding of the special story about the prophetic biography. Although some of those narrators got influenced by previous narrators and this influence due to the allegiance to the governmental authorities at that time, most of those narrators endured the hardship of travel to the city to make sure of even one character in the story to ensure its accuracy and authenticity.8 - Some rulers tried to insert some Israeli fake stories into the Kufian story during the period of their rule, but they faced rejection by the narrators of Kufa which led to the dismissing of those rulers.9 - The Kufian records gather the topics of the prophet’s biography. Many written works appeared on various topics of the biography, and this refers to intellectual and cultural environment which they raised in it.10 - The study leads to certain findings which asserts to the possibility of writing the biography of the prophet depending on the Kufian story since it views the subject in detail and to the full
