چکیده:
The most important duty of a historian is to accurately record events and avoid passing judgment on them. As the greatest historian of his time, al-Masudi observed this characteristic in his writings and recorded the events of the era like an impartial judge throughout his history. Although most of al-Masudi's writings are currently unavailable, especially his book 'Akhbar al-Zaman', of which only one part titled 'Muruj al-Dhahab' out of thirty volumes is at our disposal, this brief portion along with his other book 'al-Tanbih wa al-Ishraf' is written so firmly and skillfully that it fully demonstrates his competence and mastery. In a section of these two books, al-Masudi has attempted to fairly record the events of the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) and the events following the departure of that great person; as he himself said, 'Whoever looks at this book will know that I have not supported any sect within it nor favored any saying.' For this reason, determining al-Masudi's sect is not simple, and among countless historians, only a handful have explicitly stated his sect. This characteristic of al-Masudi undoubtedly stems from a sound nature and non-prejudiced, unbiased thinking, which can introduce him as a unifying figure to the Islamic community. The present article attempts to take a step towards empathy and unity between Islamic sects by correctly introducing the personality of al-Masudi.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Charles Plate, an expert on al-Masudi's works, while considering the attribution of the book "Ithbat al-Wasiyya li Ali bin Abi Talib" to al-Masudi to be doubtful, has written a detailed article about his Imami identity (previously cited, p.
On the other hand, al-Masudi says in the book "al-Tanbih wa al-Ishraf": "The Qat'iyya group, regarding the subject of Imamate, say: They are twelve individuals, the root of this matter being the report of Sulaym bin Qays al-Hilali in his book," and then he mentions the names and lineage of the twelve Imams from Ali bin Abi Talib to the twelfth Imam, and at the end, he honors them with the phrase "رضوان الله علیهم" (May Allah be pleased with them) (ibid.
although in the current editions of "Muruj al-Dhahab," the sentence "just as action of Umar bin al-Khattab regarding the Banu Hashim when they delayed the allegiance to Abu Bakr" has been omitted, but Ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mu'tazili also quoted the exact same matter from al-Masudi (Ibn Abi al-Hadid, 1378 AH, vol.
4. Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi, Abu Muhammad Ali bin Ahmad bin Said, Jamharat Ansab al-Arab, Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, Beirut, third edition, 1424 AH.
Al-Masudi, Abu al-Hasan Ali bin al-Husayn, al-Tanbih wa al-Ishraf, Dar Sa'b, Beirut, n.
Al-Masudi, Abu al-Hasan Ali bin al-Husayn, Muruj al-Dhahab wa Ma'adin al-Jawhar (Arabic, four volumes), edited by: Asad Daghir, Dar al-Hijra, Qom, 1409 AH.
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