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Tayeb El-Hibri

Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History

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The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632–661) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi'i Islam, which read into it the legitimacy of their claims. Yet while descriptive and varied, these approaches have long excluded a third reading, which views the conflict over the succession to the Prophet as a parable. From this vantage point, the motives, sayings, and actions of the protagonists reveal profound links to previous texts, not to mention a surprising irony regarding political and religious issues.
In a controversial break from previous historiography, Tayeb El-Hibri privileges the literary and artistic triumphs of the medieval Islamic chronicles and maps the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy. Considering the patterns and themes of these unified narratives, including the problem of measuring personal qualification according to religious merit, nobility, and skills in government, El-Hibri offers an insightful critique of both early and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing various rulers. In building an argument for reading the texts as parabolic commentary, he also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical traditions, both by Qur'anic exegesis and historical composition.
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2010
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2010
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  • Heri Heryadihar citeretfor 7 år siden
    The central issue around which discord occurred was the question of succession, which would divide the community between those who favored allegiance to successors from the family of the Prophet, particularly ‘Alī, and those who looked back to the political leaders of the pre-Islamic era as the more worthy candidates (the clan of Banū ‘Abd Shams, from whom ‘Uthmān and the Umayyad dynasty came).
  • Heri Heryadihar citeretfor 7 år siden
    It is after the Prophet’s death, however, that old patterns of biblical tragedy come back in full color.
  • Heri Heryadihar citeretfor 7 år siden
    Muḥammad is shown to have been, while he was alive, both successful in establishing stable political control, and adept at forging compromise at times of crisis, whether between the Medinans and Meccans or among individual followers (‘Alī, Abū Bakr, ‘Umar, and Khālid, as well as ‘Āisha and her peers).

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