Ketab-E-Qayyem

Ketab-E-Qayyem

Examining the Trend of Hadith Studies with an Emphasis on the Quotes about "Laylat al-Qadr"

Document Type : Research Paper

Author
ali ahang
Assistant professor, Department of Tafsir and Qur'anic Sciences, Quranic Sciences and Education University, Faculty of Quranic Sciences, Bojnord, Iran.
10.30512/kq.2024.20466.3730
Abstract
The Holy Qur'an's reference to the greatness of Lailat-ul-Qadr on one hand and the failure to determine its exact time on the other hand, soon turned the issue of Lailat-ul-Qadr into one of the intellectual concerns and challenges of the Companions and followers. Searching and analyzing the narrations about Lailat al-Qadr in Sunni sources proves the existence of at least three hadith streams. The hadith movement active in the Hejaz region, which had been able to develop as a dominant movement to the region of Iraq and the Levant, followed the possibility of understanding Lailat al-Qadr in the "Last Ten Days" or "The Last Week" of the holy month of Ramadan. Another tradition, known as Ibn Masoud, believed in the rotation of Laylah al-Qadr throughout the year. This trend of hadith, which was born in Kufa, found its place in the hadith circles of Madinah and provoked reactions. A third tradition led by a number of well-known reciters of Kufa such as Zerr bin Hobaish and Asim bin Abi al-Najjud Kufi was formed in opposition to the tradition of Ibn Masoud, who introduced the twenty-seventh night of the holy month of Ramadan as Lailat al-Qadr with a dogmatic view.
Keywords
Lailat-ul-Qadr
flowology
hadith studies
Hijaz hadith region
Kufa hadith region

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 11 August 2023
  • Revise Date 31 January 2024
  • Accept Date 21 May 2024