%0 Journal Article
%T A New Look at Sunn¨©-Sh¨©£¿¨©te Sectarianism: Reinvented Contexts of Prophetic Traditions
%A Muhammed Enes Topg¨¹l
%J -
%D 2019
%X The separation of the Sh¨©£¿¨©te community from the mainstream Sunnis is not solely relevant to the process of a sect¡¯s identity-creation and systematization. Rather, this separation also influenced the study of £¿ad¨©th during the second/eighth century. Throughout the second century, £¿ad¨©th transmitters from the group of Ahl al-£¿ad¨©th (People of tradition) and those from the Sh¨©£¿¨©te tradition participated within the same scholarly circles and attended classes taught by the same scholars. However, by the end of the second century and the beginning of the third century, Sh¨©£¿¨©te students were only able to continue their studies in Sh¨©£¿¨©te scholarly circles. Certain scholar-leaders, such as Ja£¿far al-£¿¨¡diq and M¨±s¨¡ al-K¨¡£¿im, contributed significantly to the identity creation of the community. During this process of separation, critics from Ahl al-£¿ad¨©th reviewed the Sh¨©£¿¨©te-inclined transmitters in an increasingly negative tone. Further, every group that fell outside of the mainstream Muslim community participated, in one way or another, in fabricating traditions in order to legitimize their own positions. In addition to fabrications, alterations in contexts and alternative interpretations emerged in this period. Particularly, certain alterations occurred to the contexts of the transmissions by the Sh¨©£¿¨©te-inclined transmitters from Ahl al-£¿ad¨©th circles to Sh¨©£¿¨©te circles. Although this article includes discussions on Sunn¨©-Sh¨©£¿¨©te narrative transitivity, it aims in particular to identify alterations to contexts during narrative transmissions or later stages. It seems that reinvention or alteration to the contexts of prophetic traditions played a significant role in influencing sectarian principles, even if they cannot be compared with fabrications or ungrounded interpretations. When one examines in detail the traditions under the headings of virtues or defects, ¡°reinvention of contexts¡± or ¡°alterations of contexts¡± occur in three notable ways: 1- A tradition from a Sunn¨© source is transmitted to a Sunn¨© source or more generally to a Sh¨©£¿¨©te source with completely different background information; 2- A lengthy tradition in a Sunn¨© source is transmitted partially to a Sh¨©£¿¨©te source and that part is placed beside multiple transmission of the same narrative; 3- A tradition from both Sunn¨© and Sh¨©£¿¨©te sources is transmitted with a new meaning and loses its original sense, thereby supporting the sectarian position. Identifying the period in which context alterations occurred and the actors responsible for the alterations is important to tracing Sunn¨©-Sh¨©£¿¨©te
%K S¨¹nn£¿
%K £¿i£¿
%K ba£¿lam
%K Hz. Ali
%K hadis
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/isad/issue/42645/513132