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Muhammad och migrationen till Abessinien: Källor och metoder
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society, Religious Studies. (Humanioraseminariet)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9963-8124
2022 (Swedish)In: DIN: tidsskrift for religion og kultur, ISSN 1501-9934, E-ISSN 2387-6735, no 2, p. 103-132Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [sv]

Frågan om hur mycket vi kan veta om den historiske Muhammed har länge sysselsatt islamhistoriker, och skapat hård debatt. Inte mycket har skrivits om forskningen och debatterna om Muhammed på svenska eller andra nordiska språk de senaste årtiondena. I denna artikel vill jag lyfta fram något av den internationella forskningen och visa på några av de källor och metoder som används för att bättre förstå islams tidigaste historia. Jag har valt att analysera traditionen om hur Muhammed skickade några av sina anhängare till Abessinien för att de skulle undkomma förföljelserna från de icke-troende i Mecka. Två typer av källor analyseras. Dels diskuterar jag några versioner av berättelsen om den Abessinska migrationen ur olika Muhammedbiografier. De äldsta versionerna av detta material kan daters till sekelskiftet 699–700, alltså 70–80 år efter den händelse som beskrivs. Under denna tid kan berättelserna om profeten och hans liv ha bearbetats mycket, och vi kan inte vara säkra på att de återger en historisk verklighet. Det materialet kompletteras i denna studie av en ḥadīth som bara antydningsvis berör migrationen till Abessinien, men som visar på en mindre smickrande sida av förhållandet mellan migranterna och de som stannade kvar i Mecka, och därför kan antas bekräfta att migrationen ägde rum.

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The question about how much we can know about Muhammad as an historical person has engaged historians of Islam for a long time and created fierce debate. In Swedish or other Nordic languages not much has been written about this research and the related debates. In the present study, I want to draw attention to some of the international research and point at some of the sources and methods used to understand the earliest history of Islam. I have chosen to analyse the tradition about Muhammad’s sending of his companions to Abyssinia to help them escape from the persecution of the non-Muslims there. Two types of sources are analysed. Some versions of the Abyssinian migration from various biographies about Muhammad are discussed. The earliest of these can be dated to the turn of the eighth century CE; about 70–80 years after the events described. During this time, the stories about the Prophet would probably have been shaped by the interests of the later community, and we cannot be sure that they relate a historical reality. Therefore, this material is supplemented in the present study, by a ḥadīth which only in passing refers to the Abyssinian migration, but which manifests a less flattering side of the relationship between the migrants and those Muslims who stayed in Mecca. Thus, it can be concluded that it confirms that the migration actually took place.

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Oslo: Novus Forlag, 2022. no 2, p. 103-132
Keywords [en]
Muhammad, biography, hadith, methodology
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History of Religions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-42251OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-42251DiVA, id: diva2:1689813
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Dalarna University, 2241Available from: 2022-08-24 Created: 2022-08-24 Last updated: 2025-10-09Bibliographically approved

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