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Haider, Najam Iftikhar.

The birth of sectarian identity in 2nd/8th century Kufa: Zaydism and the politics of perpetual revolution.

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Title/Author:	The birth of sectarian identity in 2nd/8th century Kufa: Zaydism and the politics of perpetual revolution.
Author:	Haider, Najam Iftikhar.
Description:	504 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Michael Cook.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-03, Section: A, page: 1128.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-03A.
Subject:	Religion, History of.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3255841

The birth of sectarian identity in 2nd/8th century Kufa: Zaydism and the politics of perpetual revolution.
Haider, Najam Iftikhar.

The birth of sectarian identity in 2nd/8th century Kufa: Zaydism and the politics of perpetual revolution. - 504 p.

Adviser: Michael Cook.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 2007.

The body of the dissertation consists of three legal case studies: (1) the basmalah at the start of the prayer recitation, (2) the permissibility of the qunut in ritual prayer, and (3) the debate over the prohibition of alcohol. The first chapter in each case study offers a juristic analysis of an issue's treatment by the major Sunni H&dotbelow;anafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, H&dotbelow;anbali) and Shi'i (Imami, Zaydi) law schools. The second contains the structural comparison of legal traditions.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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The birth of sectarian identity in 2nd/8th century Kufa: Zaydism and the politics of perpetual revolution.
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520 # $a The body of the dissertation consists of three legal case studies: (1) the basmalah at the start of the prayer recitation, (2) the permissibility of the qunut in ritual prayer, and (3) the debate over the prohibition of alcohol. The first chapter in each case study offers a juristic analysis of an issue's treatment by the major Sunni H&dotbelow;anafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, H&dotbelow;anbali) and Shi'i (Imami, Zaydi) law schools. The second contains the structural comparison of legal traditions.
520 # $a The results of the comparisons confirm the early 2nd/8 th century presence of (a) a clearly demarcated ahl al-ra'y (a group that allowed the use of personal opinion in jurisprudence) within a diffuse milieu of Kufan proto-Sunnism and (b) a largely insular early Imami community with a distinctive orthopraxy. There is little support, however, for the 'classical' narrative that ascribes the birth of Zaydism to the union of 'moderate' Batri and 'militant' Jarudi Shi'ism around the 122/740 revolt of Zayd b. 'Ali. On the contrary, Zaydi traditions are overwhelmingly Batri (proto-Sunni) through the early and mid 2nd/8th century, when they acquire a distinctly Jarudi character, suggesting that these terms denote successive stages in the evolution of Zaydism. This transformation was achieved largely through the efforts of Yah&dotbelow;ya b. 'Abd Allah (d. 189/805), a prominent 'Alid raised in the household of Ja'far al-S&dotbelow;adiq (d. 148/765), who inherited the leadership of the Zaydi movement in 169/786.
520 # $a This dissertation uses legal traditions (h&dotbelow;adith ) dating from the early 2nd/8th century to assess the historical reliability of sectarian narratives purporting to be early but preserved in non-contemporary historical and heresiographical works. These legal texts are primarily concerned with religious orthopraxy, raising the question of how to derive historical information from overtly non-historical sources. The methodological approach employed in this study compares Sunni and Shi'i (Imami and Zaydi) traditions on the basis of three factors: (1) use of authority figures, (2) chains of transmission (isnads), and (3) narrative forms for preserving information. Once a sect begins relying on the opinions of specific authorities preserved in distinctive chains and unique styles, this provides strong evidence for its communal independence.
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