Some Notes on the History of the Categorization of Imāmī Ḥadīth

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 215 - 233, 31.12.2019

Aun Hasan Ali

Abstract

The
formative period of Imāmī law is generally placed in Buwayhid Baghdad. However,
by the end of the Buwayhid era, Imāmī law had not yet developed all of the
features that would enable future scholars to elaborate the law along
particular methodological lines. In particular, it was not until the 7^th/13^th
century that Imāmī scholars invented a typology to systematize the use of ḥadīth as an
independent source of law. Because the bulk of substantive law rests on the
Sunnah, and because the main source of Muslims’ knowledge of the Sunnah is ḥadīth, it is
argued that the moment when ḥadīth
come to be regarded as an independent source of law is a strong indication of
its formative period. While some scholars have tried to locate this development
in an earlier stage of the development of Imāmī law, a careful examination of
key passages in the relevant texts demonstrate that their argument is based on
a misunderstanding of the nature of early bio-bibliographical writing as well
as a misunderstanding of the arguments of critics of the typology.

Keywords

Sects, Shia, Imamism, Hadith, Hilla

İmâmî Hadîs’in Sınıflandırma Tarihi Hakkında Bazı Notlar

Abstract

İmamiyye fıkhının gelişme dönemi genellikle Bağdad Büveyhileri dönemi olarak kabul edilir. Ancak Büveyhi döneminin sonunda İmamiyye fıkhı henüz tüm yönleriyle gelişmemişti. Bu, sonraki araştırmacıların İmamiyye fıkhını belirli metodolojik sınırlarla belirlemesine olanak sağlamıştır. Özellikle, İmami alimlerin hadisi fıkhın bağımsız kaynağı olarak kullanımını sistemlendirdikleri tipoloji 7/13. asra kadar gerçekleşmemiştir. Kurumsal fıkhın büyük bir kısmı Sünnete dayandığından ve Müslümanların Sünnete dair temel kaynağı da hadis olduğundan, hadisin müstakil bir fıkhi kaynak olarak kabul edildiği zamanın fıkhın gelişimini belirlemek için kuvvetli bir işaret olduğu iddia edilir. Bazı araştırmacılar bu gelişmeyi Imāmīyye fıkhının gelişiminin daha erken bir aşamasında bulmaya çalışsa da, ilgili metinlerdeki kilit pasajlara dair detaylı inceleme, onların argümanlarının erken dönem biyo-bibliyografik yazımın mahiyetini yanlış anladıklarını ve tipolojinin eleştirisindeki argümanları yanlış anladıklarını göstermektedir.

Keywords

Mezhepler, Şiilik, İmamiyye, Hadis, Hille

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