The Covenants of the Prophet Muḥammad

From Shared Historical Memory to Peaceful Co-existence
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-44323-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Islamic Philosophy

Through analysis of the Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad, which pledge protection to diverse faith communities, this book makes a profoundly important contribution to research on early Islam by determining the Covenants’ historicity and textual accuracy.

The authors focus on the Prophet Muhammad’s relationship with other faith communities by conducting detailed textual and linguistic analysis of documents which have received little scholarly consideration before. This not only includes decrees of the Prophet Muhammad, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Mu‘awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, but also of important Muslim rulers. They present their findings in relation to contemporaneous historical writings, historic testimonies, official recognition, archaeological evidence, historic scribal conventions, date-matching calculations, textual parallelisms, and references in Muslim and non-Muslim sources. They also provide new and revised translations of various Covenants issued by the Prophet Muhammad which were attested by Muslim authorities after him. The authors argue that the claim of forgery is no longer tenable following the application of rigorous textual and historical analysis.

This book is essential reading for Muslims, Christians, Jews, Samaritans, and Zoroastrians, as well as anyone interested in interfaith relations, Islamophobia, extremist ideologies, security studies, and the relationship between Orthodox and Oriental Christianity with Islam.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zein, Ibrahim Mohamed

El-Wakil, Ahmed

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Covenants as a Shared Historical Memory 2. The Prophet's Convenant with the Monks of Mount Sinai 3. The Prophet’s Covenant with the Christians of Najran 4. The Prophet’s Covenants with Other Christian Communities 5. Covenants with the Samaritans, the Jews, and the Magi 6. The Covenants of the Prophet during the Caliphate of ‘Umar 7. Epilogue: Developing a New Criteria for Assessing the Veracity of the Covenants

Über Autor(innen)

Ibrahim Mohamed Zein is a Professor of Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion at the College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Doha, Qatar). He was previously Dean of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).

Ahmed El-Wakil is a researcher on the covenants of the Prophet Muhammad at the College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Doha, Qatar).