Studying the origin of the hadith "I was ordered to fight the people until they say there is no god but Allah." through the Creative Method of Khotir Juynboll

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD student of theology – Quranic and Hadith Hadith Sciences. Faculth of Humanities. Arak University. Arak. Iran.

2 Profesor. Faculty member of theology department – Quranic and Hadith Sciences. Faculth of Humanities. Arak University. Arak.

3 Associate Professor. Faculty member of theology department – Quranic and Hadith Sciences. Faculth of Humanities. Arak University. Arak. Iran.

10.30512/kq.2023.19835.3638

Abstract

Emergence of narratives and the dating of documents, from the perspective of Orientalists, is considered one of the new discussions in contemporary hadith studies. Recognizing their methods in evaluating narratives underscores the necessity of this matter, as accepting or rejecting their results will not be possible without familiarity with the approaches of Western hadith scholars. This research, with a shared focus on the document and text of the narrative "I was commanded to fight the people until they say there is no god but Allah ", seeks to evaluate the question of which period is identified as the first temporal origin for the propagation of this narrative through the application of Juynboll's method on the narrative and finding common links. This paper aims to fill the gap in studies regarding the analysis of this narrative in the sources of both sides by evaluating the hadith using a combined approach. By employing a descriptive-analytical method, it reached the conclusion that the document and content analysis of the narrative reveal the weaknesses of the chain and its excessive spread during the era of the Umayyad Caliphs’ conquests. Additionally, the solitary transmission of the narrative in Shia sources and its transfer in the writings of "Sheikh Saduq" and "Sheikh Tusi" as the earliest narrative sources are among the most significant outcomes of this combined analysis. 

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