scholarly journals Sīrah Of The Prophet’s Early Life In Musnad of Aḥmad: An Analytical Study Of Qurʿānic References In Sīrah Nabawiyyah

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sanusi Azmi
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Ninth Century ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Muslim Scholars

Reviews of early Muslim sources confirm that some verses of the Qur’ān have been perceived by Muslim scholars as direct references to the narratives of the Prophet’s early life. These selected verses are deemed to contain information about Muḥammad’s genealogy, birth, childhood and other aspects of his youth.  Modern scholars have, however, argued about the appropriateness and authority of these Qur’ānic references as being the true bearers of information of the Prophet’s biography. Since the ḥadīth is regarded as an authoritative exegetical tool employed to explore more deeply the meaning of the Qur’ān, and one of which contains a vast source of information about the Prophet’s life, it is indispensable to analyse the works of ḥadīth and its scholars’ views on the narratives of sīra nabawiyya. This study aims to explore the narratives of the Prophet’s early life in Musnad of Aḥmad and analyse Aḥmad’s perspective regarding Quranic references to the Prophet’s early life. The study is qualitative in nature in which the researcher utilised both critical and analytical approached as its methodology. The study in its finding espouses that the rarity of Qur’ānic reference to Muḥammad’s early life in Musnad of Aḥmad, an enormous inventory of ḥadīth of the ninth century, indicates one scholar’s views about Muḥammad’s early life. It is obvious that Aḥmad make no connection between the Quran and the narratives of the Prophet’s early life, even though verses that are widely used by the author of sīra as an allusion to Muḥammad’s early life.

scholarly journals Narratives of the Prophet’s Early Life in Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Buḫārī: An Analytical Study of Qurʾānic References in Sīra Nabawiyya

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sanusi Azmi
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Novel Approaches ◽  
Analytical Approaches ◽  
Muslim Scholars

Abstract Research into early Muslim sources has demonstrated that some verses of the Qurʾān have been seen by Muslim scholars as containing direct references to the events of the Prophet’s early life. Modern scholars, however, have questioned the appropriateness and authority of these Qurʾānic references as being accurate sources of information for the Prophet’s biography. Since the ḥadīṯ are regarded as an authoritative exegetical tool for understanding the meaning of Qurʾānic verses, the ḥadīṯ and scholars’ views on the scripture and its relationship to the narratives of sīra nabawiyya must be undertaken. The objectives of this present study are to explore the narratives of the Prophet’s early life as found in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḫārī and analyse al-Buḫārī’s perspective on the role of ḥadīṯ as an exegetical tool for Qurʿānic references in sīra nabawiyya. The study is qualitative in nature, as it utilises both critical and analytical approaches for its methodology. The study suggests that al-Buḫārī employed innovative and novel approaches when presenting narratives of the Prophet’s early life. At certain places in his al-Ṣaḥīḥ, by adducing certain ḥadīṯ in detail, al-Buḫārī endeavours to convey one distinctive and irrevocable message to the reader.

"Do Not Enter Houses Other Than Your Own": the Evolution of the Notion of a Private Domestic Sphere in Early Sunnī Islamic Thought

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Alshech
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Ninth Century ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
Instrumental Approach ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Comprehensive Study ◽  
Muslim Scholars

AbstractThis article is the first comprehensive study of the conceptions of domestic privacy articulated by early sunnī Muslim jurists. Focusing on exegetical and legal sources composed between the seventh and thirteenth centuries CE, I argue, first, that Muslim scholars regarded privacy as a legal category. Second, I demonstrate that notions of privacy developed over time: most scholars living within the first two centuries AH associated privacy with property rights, granting legal protection to assertions of privacy only if violations of privacy entailed an infringement of property rights; by contrast, scholars from the ninth century onwards developed privacy into a separate legal category, protecting it even when no property rights were violated. Finally, I argue that most Muslim scholars adopted an instrumental approach to privacy, which they viewed not as an end unto itself but rather as a means to promote a viable society, to prevent their community from disintegrating, and, ultimately, to ensure the Islamic nature of Society.

scholarly journals The Hybrid Nature of Sirah Nabawiyyah: An Analysis of Quranic Biography of Muhammad’s Early Lifeife

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sanusi Azmi
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Ninth Century ◽  
Solid Ground ◽  
Hybrid Nature

Sirah materials have been deemed by modern scholars as a hybrid literature, a combination of biography, prophetology and hagiography. The authors of the sirah record the Prophet’s significance with admiration and clear devotion; but there is very little evidence of his early life and the narratives are recorded with reverence.  In the Quran itself, there is little evidence of Prophet Muḥammad’s early biography, with scarcely any details before the receiving of his first revelations around the age of forty. Even with the infrequency of its references, this condition cause no hinder to a Muslim. A complete biography of the Prophet’s life was produced completely equipped with its references from the Quran. The present study aims to explore the development of emerging number of Quranic verses that used as references for the narratives of the Prophet’s early life in sirah literature. It also seeks to analyze the nature of relationship between sirah and the Quran. The present study deals solely with texts. In order to attain the objectives of the research, textual analysis will be employed as a major tool in examining and exploring the sources The study in its findings argue that Quranization of the sirah account in the rationalist atmosphere of the ninth century drove some authors to refer to the Quran as a supportive mechanism, to strengthen and provide a solid ground for what they were saying about Prophet Muhammad. 

scholarly journals PARALLEL FRAMEWORK OF MUḤAMMAD AND MOSES'S STORY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE NARRATIVES OF ḤALĪMAH AL-SAʿDIYYAH

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sanusi Azmi
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Wet Nurse ◽  
Muslim Scholars

Kajian modern tentang asal-usul sīrah Nabawiyah telah menelusuri dan menemukan keberadaan pengaruh kitab suci sebelumnya dan unsur-unsurnya dalam narasi sīrah. Kisah tentang Halimah, sang ibu susuan, menurut Raven, menunjukkan kejadian paralel dengan kematangan Yesus ketika bayi, dalam Injil. Selain itu, para sarjana Muslim seperti Ibn Hisham ditemukan konsisten dalam membuat perbandingan paralel antara Muhammad dan Musa dalam karyanya. Tulisan ini memfokuskan pada kehidupan awal yang terfokus pada periode Ḥalīmah al-Sa'diyyah dengan menganalisis penggunaan referensi Al-Quran dalam narasi. Penelitian ini bersifat kualitatif dengan metode pendekatan kritis dan analisis tekstual untuk membaca cerita. Kajian ini menemukan proposisi bahwa ada dua kemungkinan alasan yang mengarahkan Ibn Hisham menambahkan ayat 28:12 dari Al-Qur'an sebagai referensi atas catatan waktu Muhammad sebagai bayi yang menyusu. Isu pertama ketidakjelasan digital dalam narasi Ibn Isāq. Dan yang kedua adalah memberikan kepercayaan kepada kisah kedua nabi, Muhammad dan Musa.Modern studies of the origin of sīrah nabawiyyah have traced and suggested the existence of influence of previous scriptures and their elements within the sīrah narrative. The extraordinary speed and marks of physical maturity in Prophet Muḥammad’s wet-nurse period with Halimah, which, according to Raven, indicates a parallel occurrence with Jesus' precocity in the Gospels of the Infancy. Besides, Muslim scholars such as Ibn Hishām was found to consistently make parallel comparison between Muḥammad and Moses in his work. This study aims to explore the narratives of Prophet Muḥammad’s early life, with special focus to his period with Ḥalīmah al-Sa’diyyah and analyse the use of Quranic reference in the narrative. The study is qualitative in nature in which the researcher employed critical and textual analysis to examine the story. The present study in its finding proposes that there are two possible reasons which lead Ibn Hishām to adduce verse 28:12 of the Quran as his reference to the account of Muḥammad’s time as a suckling infant. The first is to elucidate lexical obscurity in the narration of Ibn Isḥāq. And the second is to give credence to the similarity between the accounts of two prophets, Muḥammad and Moses.

Contextualizing Arguments about Female Ritual Leadership (Women Im?ms) in Classical Islamic Sources

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simonetta Calderini
Keyword(s):  
Legal Theory ◽  
Ninth Century ◽  
Actual Practice ◽  
Legal Case ◽  
Legal Arguments ◽  
Muslim Scholars

This article focuses on legal arguments by medieval Muslim scholars concerning the permissibility of the im?ma of a woman for a mixed congregation ?al?t. In particular, the legal and theological context is discussed of three ninth century scholars who, unusually, did not consider invalid the prayer of a man when he is led by a woman. Some scholars quoted the ?ad?th of Umm Waraqa in support of women imams. It is argued that, beyond the historicity of Umm Waraqa herself, her precedent was used as a legal “case.” This, however, should be taken as evidence of legal theory rather than actual practice.

scholarly journals Dr. Siraj-ul-Islam Hanief and his Quranic Contributions (1981-2019): An Analytical Study

Fahm-i-Islam ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Dr. Saeed Ur Rahman ◽  
Salman Hanif
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Study ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Muslim Scholars

The Noble Quran is the central Islamic divine text and a complete code of life. For better understanding of the Quran, Mufassireen and other Muslim Scholars have been engaged in writing Tafasir & books on its explanation and interpretations. Dr Siraj-ul-Islam Hanief is an Islamic Scholar, hailing from a remote but historical area named Hussai located near Shabaz Ghari in Mardan district of KP. In Islamic Studies, his speciality (interest) is in Tafsir and Hadith, specifically Fan "Asma-Al-Rijal" and "Jarh-Wa-Tadeel". He has authored about 60 books in Arabic, Urdu & Pashto languages on Tafsir, Hadith, Aqidaha, Fiqh and various other toipcs. Out of which 40 books have been published uptill now. Besides this he has supervised many research scholars who worked on Tafsir projects. He has also been delivering annual Dwra-e-Tafsir at Masjid Taqwa, Hussai. Dr Siraj has been serving as Theology & Arabic Teacher, Lecturer and Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies in the education department, colleges & universities of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from time to time. Though, Dr Siraj-ul-Islam’s Islamic scholarship and authorship and contribution in the field of Quran and its sciences, are of paramount importance but unfortunately very little number of people from academia know about it. This paper presents a scholarly and analytical study of his contributions (Books, Articles, Duroos, Research Supervisions and Projects) in Quranic Studies (1974-2019) for the information, easy access and facilitation of research scholars in Islamic Studies.

scholarly journals Assessing parents’ awareness about children’s “first thousand days of life”: a descriptive and analytical study

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Bagheri ◽  
Nouzar Nakhaee ◽  
Yones Jahani ◽  
Reza Khajouei
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Parental Awareness ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Source Of Information

Abstract Background Many adulthood illnesses are rooted in childhood, especially in the “first thousand days of life”. Despite parents’ role in children’s development, no study has examined parental awareness concerning this period. This study aimed to examine the awareness of parents concerning the “first thousand days of life” and the relationship between parents’ demographics and their awareness. Methods This study was conducted on 135 parents in Kerman, Iran, using a valid and reliable questionnaire developed by researchers based on the opinion of experts and relevant references. The relationship between participants’ demographics and their awareness was examined by multiple regression. The relationship between homogeneity of couples’ education degree and awareness was analyzed using ANOVA. Chi-square was used to examine the relationship between information sources and parents’ familiarity and to compare parents’ preferred sources. Results The average parental awareness was 41.96 ± 11.90. Eighty-three percent of the parents have not heard about the “first thousand days of life”. The source of information for 57% of the parents was friends and relatives (p < 0.0001). Overall, 87% of the parents desired to know about this period, and 47% liked using mobile applications for information (p < 0.0001). Conclusions Parents’ awareness about the “first thousand days of life” is lower than the average. Since the source of information concerning this period for most parents is friends and relatives and most parents are very interested in obtaining information, it is recommended that policy-makers use the capacity of other sources to increase parents’ awareness. Given the greater tendency of parents to obtain information through mobile applications, we suggest investing more in this source.

The relationship between geographical information in the Old English Orosius and Latin texts other than Orosius

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 45-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet M. Bately
Keyword(s):  
Old English ◽  
Ninth Century ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Waste Land ◽  
North East ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
Imaginary Line ◽  
The Ganges ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Source Of Information

A great deal has been written about the geographical first chapter of the Old English Orosius since it attracted the attention of scholars in the sixteenth century. Not only has this chapter been a valuable source of information for historians and historical geographers, but also it has proved a fertile subject for speculation, particularly as regards the origins and accuracy of the modifications made in it to its Latin original. Most discussions have been concerned exclusively with the apparently independent section on the geography of Germania. Recently, however, a theory has gained favour which requires all the ‘new’ geographical information in this work to be taken into consideration: the theory that, to help him in his translation and adaptation, the author may have used a mappa mundi, a traditional map portraying the orbis terrarum of classical geographers. Thus Professor Labuda considers the source of certain additional details, such as the association of the Sabaei with Arabia Eudaemon and the location of the legendary Land of Women and Riphaean mountains north of the ninth-century Croats of Bohemia, to be a mappa mundi on which the author marked the positions of Germanic, Slav and Baltic countries. Dr Havlík and Professor Derolez suggest that the apparent clockwise deviation of a number of directions in Or. may similarly be due to the use of an enlarged mappa mundi. According to them, the author of Or. would seem to have described the relative positions of peoples and countries from the standpoint not of astrological north, south, east and west, but of cartographic oriens (near the mouth of the Ganges), meridies (south of the Nile), occidens (near the Pillars of Hercules) and septentrio (in the region of the river Tanais). Thus, for instance, the Abodriti, whose ‘centre’, Mecklenburg, was true north-east of the Old Saxons, are cartographic north of them, by virtue of their location on an imaginary line between Saxonia and septentrio. Finally, Dr Linderski, on the basis of possible classical sources that he has found for Or.'s siting of Dacia east of the Vistula and placing of an unnamed waste-land between Carentania and Bulgaria, has suggested that if the author did indeed use such a map – an alternative being a ‘description’ – it was almost certainly a late offspring of the Commentarii of Agrippa and his now lost mappa mundi.

The Poetry of Nicholas Breton

PMLA ◽  
1898 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva March Tappan
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
English Poetry ◽  
The Will ◽  
Early English ◽  
The University ◽  
Source Of Information

The chief source of information concerning Nicholas Breton's early life is the will of his father, written in 1557-8, probated in 1558-9. This will, a lengthy document, provides liberally for the wife and the five children, devises generous legacies to a number of household servants, remembers various hospitals, the “poorest creatures” in several parishes, “poorest Skoolers of the university of Cambrydge,” and even sets apart a sum of money for “repayringe the hyghe wayes brydges and other most needful and necessary thinges.” There are mentions of “jewelles” and plate and valuable furniture and clothes, and the whole tone of the will indicates that its maker was a man who had wealth and was accustomed to use it freely and generously. That he was as liberal in thought as in money-matters, that he had due regard to the preferences of others, may be fairly inferred from a bequest to one Henry Knighte, “so that he continew to study at the Lawe, or use any other honest exereyse of Lyvinge.” That the wife was a woman of and this association takes the reader away from the atmosphere of Early English poetry.“

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