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- Title
Adālat al-Sahāba, Hie Construction of a Religious Doctrine.
- Authors
Osman, Amr
- Abstract
This article investigates the development of adālat al-Sahāba, a central doctrine in Sunnï orthodoxy that stresses the integrity of the Prophet Muhammad's Companions. The examination of relevant Sunnï works indicates that the doctrine crystalized in the 5th/11th century, by which time the basic tenets of the doctrine had been developed. These include, among other things, the definition of Companions and their essential role in securing the authenticity of Islam. Furthermore, it was around that time that medieval Sunnï scholars developed an epistemological-- rather than a historical or theological--basis for the doctrine. Establishing the integrity of the Companions during the Prophet's lifetime on the presumption of innocence that is further confirmed by textual evidence, they argued that good Muslims must continue to accept that integrity given the lack of conclusive evidence that they lost it at a later time, particularly when they participated in civil wars. I argue that this epistemological ground was furnished by Murgi'ism, as the examination of some Murgi'ï texts demonstrates.
- Subjects
MUHAMMAD, Prophet, d. 632; SUNNITES; DOGMA; ISLAM; INTEGRITY; THEORY of knowledge
- Publication
Arabica, 2013, Vol 60, Issue 3/4, p272
- ISSN
0570-5398
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/15700585-12341245