Journal of Imamiyyah Studies

Journal of Imamiyyah Studies

An Introduction to the Analytical Model of Reconstruction of Historical Geography for a Precise Understanding of Imams' Words

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Ehsan Purnoman 1
seyyed mohammad kazem tabatabaei 2
abdolhadi masoudi 3
1 Ph.D. Student of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Usul al-Din College, Qom, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Nahj al-Balaghah, University of Quran and Hadith, Qom, Iran
3 Associate Professor, Department of Exegesis, Quran and Hadith University, Qom, Iran
10.22034/jis.2023.290314.1671
Abstract
Retrieving the surrounding information of hadiths leads to a more accurate understanding of Imams' words. The lack of this peripheral information sometimes causes an understanding different from that of the people of the Imams' time. The current paper seeks to find a distinctive model for the reconstruction of the peripheral information and context. Examining the science of new geography and using the historical geography analysis method are the ways to achieve this recovery. In this research, the concepts of new geography are first introduced. Then, the method of geographical analysis is adapted to the science of hadith. For this purpose, a speech of Imams is analyzed as a cultural view, and categories and concepts are examined in four sections: cultural topics of hadith, cultural areas of hadith, perspective of cultural geography of hadith, and cultural ecology of hadith. Finally, with the method of qualitative analysis, the categories that are in the subset of each section are placed and introduced in the form of a tree under the conceptual diagram. This inference and answering the questions that are raised under each section causes the production and retrieval of information about hadiths and leads to the clarification of the exact meaning of Imams' words. This method considers the words of the Imams (AS) as historical propositions full of widely used peripheral points and avoids a simplistic view of hadiths.
Keywords
Words of Imams (AS)
Understanding of Hadith
Historical Geography
Cultural Geography
Cultural Perspective of Hadith
Subjects
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Journal of Imamiyyah Studies
Volume 9, Issue 17 - Serial Number 17
September 2023
Pages 61-94