Research Article

Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah

Number: 3 January 1, 2021
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Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah

Abstract

The first divisions and conflicts in the Islāmic world were experienced in the political field. Political debates around the concepts of imāmate/caliphate determined the direction of the divergences in Islāmic thought. As a basic feature of eastern societies where the politics are intertwined with the religious, the debates brought a religious separation. Shiʿism, which is at the center of these debates that lead to the transformation of ʿAlī into a superhuman figure, can be regarded as a typical example of the charismatic leadership mentality. Shiʿism put forward some rational and transmissible evidence in order to impose the authority of the people it named as imāms in determining the religious/political. A typical example of the use of religion in line with legitimacy claims was experienced around the proof of the imāmate of ʿAlī. It can be said that the meanings of verses and hadiths have been distorted, taken out of context and reconstructed within the framework of current problems. Shīʿah preferred to accept ʿAlī as an imām since the first years of Islām in order to defend its claims. In this article, the way of evaluating some historical events that can be considered as an example of this approach of Shiʿism within the framework of allegations of imāmate is discussed. These allegations have been tried to be criticized based on the first history and hadith sources. In here, historical obstacles to the political re-design of the past have been put forward. In this sense, the opinions of neither Shīʿah nor Sunnī authorities were taken into the center.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Religious Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 1, 2021

Submission Date

October 22, 2020

Acceptance Date

November 24, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Number: 3

APA
Köse, M. (2021). Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah. Akademik Siyer Dergisi, 3, 43-65. https://doi.org/10.47169/samer.815127
AMA
1.Köse M. Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah. ASD. 2021;(3):43-65. doi:10.47169/samer.815127
Chicago
Köse, Mustafa. 2021. “Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah”. Akademik Siyer Dergisi, nos. 3: 43-65. https://doi.org/10.47169/samer.815127.
EndNote
Köse M (January 1, 2021) Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah. Akademik Siyer Dergisi 3 43–65.
IEEE
[1]M. Köse, “Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah”, ASD, no. 3, pp. 43–65, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.47169/samer.815127.
ISNAD
Köse, Mustafa. “Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah”. Akademik Siyer Dergisi. 3 (January 1, 2021): 43-65. https://doi.org/10.47169/samer.815127.
JAMA
1.Köse M. Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah. ASD. 2021;:43–65.
MLA
Köse, Mustafa. “Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah”. Akademik Siyer Dergisi, no. 3, Jan. 2021, pp. 43-65, doi:10.47169/samer.815127.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Köse. Legitimacy Claims of Shīʿa and Falsification of Sirah. ASD. 2021 Jan. 1;(3):43-65. doi:10.47169/samer.815127