نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
The issue of stipulating Qurashī lineage for the Imam is one of the most controversial debates in the formation of Islamic political thought. Closely intertwined with the political developments of early Islam—particularly the event of Saqīfah—it took shape in that context and was later consolidated in the form of ḥadīth reports and theological doctrines. The central question of this article is to what extent the condition of being Qurashī reflects an original normative injunction, and to what extent it represents the product of later reinterpretations within the context of power struggles.
Drawing on the history of political thought as formulated by Quentin Skinner and employing speech act analysis, this study argues that ḥadīths such as “al-aʾimmah min Quraysh” must be understood within the historical and polemical contexts of their articulation and transmission, avoiding abstract and anachronistic readings.
The research adopts a historical-analytical method based on a comparative study of ḥadīth, historical, and theological-legal sources. The transmitted reports are examined in light of the political context of early disputes as well as within the framework of speech act theory. The findings indicate that the stipulation of Qurashī lineage functioned less as a purely doctrinal proposition and more as a discursive instrument aimed at delimiting the sphere of political legitimacy and managing tribal conflicts in the early Muslim community. As the discourse moved from the arena of political contestation into Sunni theoretical frameworks, it acquired a juristic formulation, while in the Imāmī tradition it was reinterpreted in a different manner. Accordingly, a precise understanding of this doctrine requires reconstructing its historical context and analyzing the intentions of the primary actors involved.
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