The covenants of the prophet Muḥammad : from shared historical memory to peaceful co-existence
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The covenants of the prophet Muḥammad : from shared historical memory to peaceful co-existence
（Routledge studies in Islamic philosophy）
Routledge, 2023
- :hbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
Table of Contents
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
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