Comparison of Historians' and Theologians' Views on the Rule of

Ahmadian, Hamid; Montazeralghaem, Asghar; Chelongar, Muhammad Ali

doi:10.22059/jhss.2025.391802.473790

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of History and Iranian studies, Faculty of literature and humanities, university of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

² Department of History and Iranian studies, Faculty of literature and humanities, university of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.391802.473790

Abstract

One of the most significant discussion in history science is examination, and critique of historians' historiography and the extent and manner in which they utilize theological rules of theology and religious belief. when history and theology conflict some of these historians set aside history in favor of theology. Undoubtedly, every historian can use theological data as evidence and proof alongside other historical evidences, reasons and documents but the problem of some historians is that they consider theology and beliefs as definitive and final document, denying or justifying any historical report that conflicts with their beliefs, and attack the narrators of these reports under the pretext of Shiism. One of these theological rules that some Sunni historians have relied on in their historiography and have denied or justified all historical documents in favor of it is the rule of "being a companion". The aim of this research is to examine the extent and nature of the influence of this theological rule on the historiography of two groups of contemporary Sunni historians and to criticize it. Contemporary Sunni historians are divided into two groups in relying on theological rules or relying on historical documents. For the first group, who are called historians, Taha Husein and Abulala AlMaududi have been selected. For the second group, we have selected Muhammad Sallabi and Munir Ghadban as theologian-historians. The main research question: To what extent have historians and theologians-historians used the rule of "being a companion" and what are the consequences of using this rule? The method of this research is descriptive-analytical and comparative. Some results obtained are: Historians have not benefited from this rule, but theologian-historians, instead of relying on historical evidence, have benefited this rule as a definitive reason, evidence and document, therefore they have not been able to present an objective, scientific and refined history.

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Comparison of Historians' and Theologians' Views on the Rule of "Companionship" in Historiography, a Case Study: Muhammad Sallabi, Munir Ghadban, Taha Husein and Abulala Almaududi

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Volume 17, Issue 2 - Serial Number 40December 2025Pages 25-50

Volume 17, Issue 2 - Serial Number 40
December 2025
Pages 25-50