The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early CaliphateIn a comprehensive and original study of the early history of Islam, Wilferd Madelung describes the conflict that developed after the death of the Prophet Muḥammad, between his family, Hāshim, and his tribe, Quraysh, for the leadership of the Muslim community. He pursues the history of this conflict through the reign of the four 'Rightly Guided' caliphs to its climax in the first Inter-Muslim War. The outcome of the war, which marked the demise of the reign of the Early Companions, led to the establishment of dynastic despotism under the Umayyad caliphate and to the lasting schism between Sunnite and Shiʻite Islam. In contrast to recent scholarly trends, Professor Madelung emphasises ʻAlī's early claim to legitimate succession, which gained support from the Shiʻa, and offers a radical and convincing reinterpretation of early Islamic history after the death of Muḥammad. This important and original study will make a major contribution to the scholarship of the period and rekindle the debate over the succession to Muḥammad. -- Back cover. |
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Ā’isha Abd al-Rahmān Abd Allāh Abd Shams Abī Abū Bakr Abū Mikhnaf Abū Mūsā According ahl al-bayt al-Ash'ath al-Ashtar al-Balādhuri al-Härith al-Hasan al-Mughira al-Tabari al-Walid al-Zubayr Alī Alī’s Amir Ammār Annali Ansab Anşār Ansúb appointed Arabs arbitration army asked Balādhuri Banū Hāshim Basra battle brother Busr Caetani caliph Commander daughter death Egypt Egyptian enemy evidently Faithful father fight Ghārāt God’s governor Hudhayfa Ibid Ibn Abi l-Hadid Ibn al-‘Abbās Ibn Asākir Ibn Hajar Ibn Sa'd Ibn Shabba Ishāq Islam isnăd Khālid Kharijites killed Küfa Kufan letter married Marwān Maslama Medina Mekka Messenger Minqari Mu'awiya Mu‘āwiya Muhājirūn Muhammad murder of Uthmān Muslim Nasab pledge allegiance Prophet Qays quoted Qur’ān Quraysh Qurayshite Rabī‘a rebels reign Sa'id Sa‘d Sa‘īd sent Sharh Shi‘ite shūrā Sufyan Sunnite Syrians Ta'rikh al-Madina Tabaqāt Tabari Talha Thaqafi Ubayd Allāh Umar Umar's Umayyad Uqba Utba Uthmān Uthmanid Waq'at Siffin Yazid Zayd Ziyād
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Page 16 - Be". And he was. The Truth (comes) from Allah alone; so be not of those who doubt. If any one disputes in this matter with thee, now after (full) knowledge Hath come to thee, say: "Come! let us gather together, our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves: Then let us earnestly pray, and invoke the curse of Allah on those who lie!
Page 7 - And Abraham prayed for his father's forgiveness only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became clear to him that he was an enemy to Allah, he dissociated himself from him: for Abraham was most tender-hearted, forbearing.
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| Title | The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate |
| Author | Wilferd Madelung |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0521646960, 9780521646963 |
| Length | 413 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Asia / General History / Europe / Medieval History / Middle East / General Religion / Islam / General |
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