Anonymous user
Chieftains of Banu Israel: Difference between revisions
→Likening the Prophet's (s) Vicegerents to the Leaders of Banu Israel
imported>Kadeh (→Names) |
imported>Kadeh |
||
| Line 49: | Line 49: | ||
== Likening the Prophet's (s) Vicegerents to the Leaders of Banu Israel == | == Likening the Prophet's (s) Vicegerents to the Leaders of Banu Israel == | ||
In many hadiths, the Prophet (s) mentioned that the number of his vicegerents would be the same as the number of Chieftains of Banu Israel. These hadiths can be considered beside other hadiths of Sunnis in the collection of [[Hadith of Twelve Caliphs]] which considered the number of the Prophet's (s) vicegerents twelve individuals, all of whom would be from [[Quraysh]]. Some researchers believe that this issue was more focused by Sunnis during the times of [[Imams (a)]] and was less focused by Shi'a hadith scholars. | In many hadiths, the Prophet (s) mentioned that the number of his vicegerents would be the same as the number of Chieftains of Banu Israel.<ref>Khazzāz al-Qummī, ''Kifāyat al-athar'', p. 27; Ṣadūq, ''al-Khiṣāl'', vol. 2, p. 468; Nuʿmanī, ''Kitāb al-ghayba'', p. 118; Ibn Ḥanbal, ''Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal'', vol. 6, p. 321, 406; Ṭabarānī, ''al-Muʿjam al-kabīr'', vol. 10, p. 157; Abū Yaʿlī, ''Musnad Abi Yaʿlī'', vol. 8, p. 444; Bazār, ''Musnad al-Bazār'', vol. 5, p. 320.</ref> These hadiths can be considered beside other hadiths of Sunnis in the collection of [[Hadith of Twelve Caliphs]] which considered the number of the Prophet's (s) vicegerents twelve individuals, all of whom would be from [[Quraysh]].<ref>Muʾassisa-yi Maʿārif Islāmī, ''Muʿjam al-aḥādīth al-Imām al-Mahdī (a)'', vol. 3, p. 501.</ref> Some researchers believe that this issue was more focused by Sunnis during the times of [[Imams (a)]] and was less focused by Shi'a hadith scholars. | ||
According to another hadith, the [[Prophet (s)]] considered the destiny of his people similar to that of Banu Israel. Also, during the [[al-Aqaba allegiance]], the Prophet (s) chose twelve naqibs (leaders) from among the [[Helpers]] to be his representatives in [[Medina]]. | According to another hadith, the [[Prophet (s)]] considered the destiny of his people similar to that of Banu Israel.<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Man lā yaḥḍuruh al-faqīh'', vol. 1, p. 203.</ref>.<ref>Abū l-Futūḥ al-Rāzī, ''Rawḍ al-Jinān'', vol.6, p. 294; Ḥasanī Wāʿiz, ''Daqāʾiq al-taʾwīl'', p. 139.</ref> Also, during the [[al-Aqaba allegiance]], the Prophet (s) chose twelve naqibs (leaders) from among the [[Helpers]] to be his representatives in [[Medina]].<ref>Ṭabarānī, ''Tafsīr al-kabīr'', vol. 2, p. 369; Irbilī, ''Kashf al-ghumma'', vol. 1, p. 55.</ref> | ||
In ''[[Tafsir al-Mizan]]'', [[Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i]] likened Chieftains (Nuqaba) to [[Ulu l-Amr]] in Islam and considered them the authorities of Banu Israel in religious and worldly affairs. | In ''[[Tafsir al-Mizan]]'', [[Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i]] likened Chieftains (Nuqaba) to [[Ulu l-Amr]] in Islam and considered them the authorities of Banu Israel in religious and worldly affairs.<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī, ''al-Mīzān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 5, p. 240.</ref> | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||