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4. “The World thus Became Severed from Them:” Khārijī and Ibāḍī Concepts of Shirā’ in their Near Eastern Context

  • Adam Gaiser
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L’ibadisme dans les sociétés de l’Islam médiéval
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Abstract

This paper seeks to further extend our understanding of the contexts surrounding some core ideas and images associated with the earliest Khawārij: specifically, it examines one aspect of the concept of shirā’ - “exchange,” or “selling” - implying the exchange of one’s self for the cause of God, and thereby indicating a willingness on the part of the shārī for martyrdom. Focusing on the notion of shirā’ and related concepts in Khārijite poetry, concentrating especially on attitudes toward the body, and comparing what is found therein to early Eastern Christian, Manichean and so-called “gnostic” writings concerned with a conceptual spirit-body opposition or outright dualism, the paper contends that shirā’ sits comfortably among the various articulations of martyrdom and asceticism in the late antique Near East (especially what is today Iraq-Iran), and can be viewed as a variant - albeit a specifically Khārijite variant - on broadly held themes related to the rejection of the material world. The paper also draws attention to the inheritance of these concepts by the Ibāḍiyya, who traced themselves to the early Khārijites and saw themselves as adopting, in some senses, their mantle.

Abstract

This paper seeks to further extend our understanding of the contexts surrounding some core ideas and images associated with the earliest Khawārij: specifically, it examines one aspect of the concept of shirā’ - “exchange,” or “selling” - implying the exchange of one’s self for the cause of God, and thereby indicating a willingness on the part of the shārī for martyrdom. Focusing on the notion of shirā’ and related concepts in Khārijite poetry, concentrating especially on attitudes toward the body, and comparing what is found therein to early Eastern Christian, Manichean and so-called “gnostic” writings concerned with a conceptual spirit-body opposition or outright dualism, the paper contends that shirā’ sits comfortably among the various articulations of martyrdom and asceticism in the late antique Near East (especially what is today Iraq-Iran), and can be viewed as a variant - albeit a specifically Khārijite variant - on broadly held themes related to the rejection of the material world. The paper also draws attention to the inheritance of these concepts by the Ibāḍiyya, who traced themselves to the early Khārijites and saw themselves as adopting, in some senses, their mantle.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Remerciements V
  3. Table des matières VII
  4. Liste des Figures XI
  5. Part I: Introduction
  6. 1. Une étude des modèles politiques et sociaux de l’ibadisme médiéval 3
  7. 2. Reflections on History and Historiography of the Early lbāḍis 14
  8. 3. Ibadism in the Societies of Mediaeval Islam: a Few Remarks 19
  9. Part II: La période de formation
  10. 4. “The World thus Became Severed from Them:” Khārijī and Ibāḍī Concepts of Shirā’ in their Near Eastern Context 25
  11. 5. Some Reflexions on the Origins of the Ibāḍiyya and Zaydiyya 42
  12. 6. Le kharijisme ibadite au Yémen et au Ḥaḍramawt à travers la révolte: d’Ibn Yaḥyā al-Kindī à la fin de l’epoque omeyyade 48
  13. 7. Les ibāḍites du Ḥaḍramawt: quelques suggestions généalogiques et historiographiques 63
  14. 8. Law and Politics in the Early Ibāḍī Communities: Abū ‘Ubayda al-Tamīmī’s Risāla to Abū ’l-Khaṭṭāb al-Ma‘Āfirī 72
  15. 9. The Butr and North African Ibāḍism: Praise and Criticism of the Berbers 88
  16. Part III: Territoires et sociétés
  17. 10. The Political Organization of Oman from the Second Imamate Period to the Yaʻrūba: Rereading Omani Internal Sources 113
  18. 11. Réflexions sur la nature du pouvoir rustumide 127
  19. 12. Sijilmāsa au temps tes Midrārides: nouvelles approches historiques et premier bilan archéologique 137
  20. 13. Essai de cartographie des groupes dissidents dans le Maghreb ibadite 169
  21. 14. An Ibadi Islandscape: Ibadi Communities on Djerba in the Medieval Period 190
  22. 15. Wārjlān, un foyer de l’ibadisme médiéval aux marges du Sahara 207
  23. 16. Les communautés ibadites du nord du Sahara au Moyen Âge: espace et société dans la région de l’oued Rīgh 244
  24. 17. Analyse comparative de l’organisation urbaine des qṣūr du Sud-Est algérien (Rīgh, Miya, Mzāb et al-Manī‘a 276
  25. Part IV: Réseaux et interactions
  26. 18. Fatimid Conflict with the Ibāḍīs and the Ibāḍī Version of the Imamate, in North Africa and in the East 303
  27. 19. Le pouvoir almohado-hafside et les ibadites en Ifrīqiya 315
  28. 20. L’ibadisme et la malikisation du Maghreb central: étude d’un processus long et complexe (ive–vie/xe–xiie siècle) 329
  29. 21. La communauté ibadite entre Orient et Occident musulmans (iiie/ixe–viie/xiiie siècle): une histoire d’échanges et de construction identitaire 348 348
  30. Index des noms de personnes 367
  31. Index des noms de lignages, de tribus et de groupes religieux 371
  32. Index des noms de lieux 373
  33. Index thématique 376
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110584394-004

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Remerciements V
  3. Table des matières VII
  4. Liste des Figures XI
  5. Part I: Introduction
  6. 1. Une étude des modèles politiques et sociaux de l’ibadisme médiéval 3
  7. 2. Reflections on History and Historiography of the Early lbāḍis 14
  8. 3. Ibadism in the Societies of Mediaeval Islam: a Few Remarks 19
  9. Part II: La période de formation
  10. 4. “The World thus Became Severed from Them:” Khārijī and Ibāḍī Concepts of Shirā’ in their Near Eastern Context 25
  11. 5. Some Reflexions on the Origins of the Ibāḍiyya and Zaydiyya 42
  12. 6. Le kharijisme ibadite au Yémen et au Ḥaḍramawt à travers la révolte: d’Ibn Yaḥyā al-Kindī à la fin de l’epoque omeyyade 48
  13. 7. Les ibāḍites du Ḥaḍramawt: quelques suggestions généalogiques et historiographiques 63
  14. 8. Law and Politics in the Early Ibāḍī Communities: Abū ‘Ubayda al-Tamīmī’s Risāla to Abū ’l-Khaṭṭāb al-Ma‘Āfirī 72
  15. 9. The Butr and North African Ibāḍism: Praise and Criticism of the Berbers 88
  16. Part III: Territoires et sociétés
  17. 10. The Political Organization of Oman from the Second Imamate Period to the Yaʻrūba: Rereading Omani Internal Sources 113
  18. 11. Réflexions sur la nature du pouvoir rustumide 127
  19. 12. Sijilmāsa au temps tes Midrārides: nouvelles approches historiques et premier bilan archéologique 137
  20. 13. Essai de cartographie des groupes dissidents dans le Maghreb ibadite 169
  21. 14. An Ibadi Islandscape: Ibadi Communities on Djerba in the Medieval Period 190
  22. 15. Wārjlān, un foyer de l’ibadisme médiéval aux marges du Sahara 207
  23. 16. Les communautés ibadites du nord du Sahara au Moyen Âge: espace et société dans la région de l’oued Rīgh 244
  24. 17. Analyse comparative de l’organisation urbaine des qṣūr du Sud-Est algérien (Rīgh, Miya, Mzāb et al-Manī‘a 276
  25. Part IV: Réseaux et interactions
  26. 18. Fatimid Conflict with the Ibāḍīs and the Ibāḍī Version of the Imamate, in North Africa and in the East 303
  27. 19. Le pouvoir almohado-hafside et les ibadites en Ifrīqiya 315
  28. 20. L’ibadisme et la malikisation du Maghreb central: étude d’un processus long et complexe (ive–vie/xe–xiie siècle) 329
  29. 21. La communauté ibadite entre Orient et Occident musulmans (iiie/ixe–viie/xiiie siècle): une histoire d’échanges et de construction identitaire 348 348
  30. Index des noms de personnes 367
  31. Index des noms de lignages, de tribus et de groupes religieux 371
  32. Index des noms de lieux 373
  33. Index thématique 376
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