Quran and Hadith Studies‎

The Dating of the Narrative Indicating the Punishment of the Apostate by the Order of Amīr al-Muʾminīn (PBUH) in the Sources of the farīqayn; with Method of Determining the Common Ring

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Arak University, Arak, Iran.

2 PhD student in Quran and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Arak University, Arak, Iran.

Abstract

Among the important topics in Islamic jurisprudence is the discussion of apostasy rules. In many historical-narrative texts of farīqayn, there are words in which Amīr al-Muʾminīn (PBUH) ordered to trample, kill and behead apostates in the implementation of some jurisprudence. Considering the sensitivity of the subject and with the aim of analyzing doubts, this research has dated the document and the text of the narrative “Qāla ta'ū yā ʿibāda Allāh fa-wuṭi'a ḥattā māt” and seeks to determine the common link of which period it considers the first origin of its origin. This article examines the existing statements based on the rules of document and text analysis from the western perspective and using the descriptive-analytical method, it has come to the conclusion that the narrations implying the trampling, killing and beating of the apostate are weak. The textual analysis is also fake due to the contradictions of the narrations with the verses, Nabawī and Alawī life, knowledge and infallibility of the Imam (peace be upon him) and the correspondence of the statements with the teachings of non-Islamic religions and the way of the Umayyad rulers.

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Quran and Hadith Studies‎
Volume 18, Issue 2 - Serial Number 36
March 2025
Pages 43-68