ABSTRACT

This contribution approaches the Kindī aristocrat al-Ashʿath b. Qays as a case-study for a contested figure in Muslim cultural memory. Al-Ashʿath is portrayed in a wide variety of conflicting reports, suggesting a spectrum of interpretations ranging from him being remembered as a 'villain' excommunicated by Muḥammad to having been one of the main 'heroes' of the divine miracle of the early Islamic conquest of Iraq. Beginning with the only claim that al-Ashʿath was indeed excommunicated through cursing (laʿana) within the corpus of early and classical Arabic-Islamic historiography, this article proceeds to disentangle the polarized narratives surrounding this ambivalent figure.

摘要

这一贡献接近 Kindī 贵族 al-Ashʿath b。Qays 作为穆斯林文化记忆中有争议人物的案例研究。Al-Ashʿath 在各种相互矛盾的报道中被描绘出来，提出了一系列的解释，从他被纪念为被穆罕默德逐出教会的“恶棍”到成为早期伊斯兰征服的神圣奇迹的主要“英雄”之一伊拉克。从唯一声称 al-Ashʿath 确实通过诅咒 ( laʿana ) 在早期和古典阿拉伯-伊斯兰史学语料库中被逐出教会开始，本文继续理清围绕这个矛盾人物的两极分化叙述。