Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahdath al-Unf fi Ahd al-Khulafa al-Rashidin

Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahdath al-Unf fi Ahd al-Khulafa al-Rashidin (The Stance of the Companions Towards Events of Violence During the Era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs) is an academic treatise by Hissa bint Abd al-Karim al-Zayd, Assistant Professor in the Department of Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Arts in Riyadh (Girls' Colleges) Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda…. The book examines instances of political and religious violence during the early caliphate and analyzes how the Prophet's Companions responded to them Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda….

Purpose and Scope

The author wrote the study to provide a grounded historical and jurisprudential reference for addressing modern manifestations of violence and ideological extremism Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda…. By investigating the historical incidents of internal strife and violence that occurred during the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, the work seeks to identify their underlying causes and deduce the methodology employed by the Companions to manage and counter such crises Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda….

Structure and Contents

The book comprises a preamble, a two-part introduction, four core historical chapters, and a conclusion Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda…+1:

• Preamble: Discusses violence and extremism as ancient human phenomena, referencing the story of Cain and Abel (Qabil and Habil) as the earliest Quranic example where ideological extremism culminated in murder Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda….
• Introduction: Divided into two distinct sections:
  1. Violence (Definition, Ruling, and Impacts): Outlines definitions of violence and categorizes its manifestations into individual, economic, social, and doctrinal (aqadi) violence Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda…+1. The author identifies doctrinal violence as the most hazardous because it stems from religious excess (ghuluww), highlighting the early Kharijites as the first group to adopt ideological extremism and declare other Muslims to be unbelievers Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda…+1.
  2. The Status of the Companions in Understanding Islamic Legislation: Discusses textual proofs regarding the authority, virtue, and normative status of the Companions' collective understanding of Islamic texts Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda…+1.
• Chapter One: Violence during the caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and the stance of the Companions towards it Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda…+1.
• Chapter Two: Violence during the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab and the stance of the Companions towards it Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda….
• Chapter Three: Violence during the caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan and the stance of the Companions towards it, focusing on the consensus among the Companions in condemning his siege and assassination by extremist rebels Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda…+1.
• Chapter Four: Violence during the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib and the stance of the Companions towards it, exploring his administrative and military measures to suppress internal rebellion and preserve communal unity Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda…+1.
• Conclusion: Outlines the overarching Islamic methodology for confronting and resolving violence Mawqif al-Sahaba min Ahda….