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From the journal Der Islam Volume 99 Issue 2

Abstract

Edition and study of P.Vindob. A.Ch. 36616, a literary paper fragment from 3rd/9th-century Egypt. The fragment contains a tradition that depicts ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661) performing a four-rakʿa prayer and reciting a special supplication on the 15th of the month of Rajab. The tradition is only known from noncanonical Shīʿī ḥadīth collections.

Situating it in a broader historical context, the paper provides a glimpse on the Shīʿī presence in Egypt as well as the sanctity of the month of Rajab in Sunnī and Shīʿī literatures. This tradition, in conclusion, presents an early evidence for the observances of the month of Rajab in general and the middle of the month in particular in the local Shīʿī community in pre-Fatimid Egypt.

Keywords: Egypt; papyrology; Shīʿism; “pro-Rajab” traditions
Online erschienen: 2022-10-11
Erschienen im Druck: 2022-10-06

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https://doi.org/10.1515/islam-2022-0027
Keywords for this article
Egypt; papyrology; Shīʿism; “pro-Rajab” traditions

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