Ḥafṣa and al-Muṣḥaf: Women and the Written Qurʾān in the Early Centuries of Islam
This study examines the ways male medieval Muslim writers portrayed Ḥafṣa bt. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb (d. 45/665) and other seventh-century women and their roles as authorities and authenticators of the written word of God. By tracing Ḥafṣa’s ownership of the first complete written copy of the Muslim sc...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
2015
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In: |
Hawwa
Year: 2015, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-50 |
Further subjects: | B
Hafsa bt. ibn al-Khattab
mushaf
Qurʾan
third / ninth century
women
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Volltext (Verlag) |
Summary: | This study examines the ways male medieval Muslim writers portrayed Ḥafṣa bt. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb (d. 45/665) and other seventh-century women and their roles as authorities and authenticators of the written word of God. By tracing Ḥafṣa’s ownership of the first complete written copy of the Muslim scripture, I identify the late third/ninth and fourth/tenth centuries as a period of conflict over the chain of transmission of the first Qurʾān. I argue that late third/ninth and fourth/tenth-century accounts of the collection and codification of the Qurʾān illustrate a conscious rewriting of Ḥafṣa’s role in those projects. I suggest that Ḥafṣa’s literacy may have been deemed a threat to the authenticity of the Qurʾān collected by Abū Bakr, resulting in a scholarly attempt to sever her from the codification project. |
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Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
ISSN: | 1569-2086 |
Contains: | In: Hawwa
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15692086-12341272 |