Tarikh Islam

In our previous issue , we introduced to the readers the first part of this research which was a review of the development of the historiography of the Prophet's Companions in the period from the first century until the seventh century i.e. until the time of Ibn al-Athir and "Kitab Asad al- Ghabah Fi Ma'rifat al-Sahabah" . The article takes a glance at some issues including the status of the Prophet's Companions, who represent a link between the age of the Muhammadian message and the later generations , the early development of historiography of the Prophet's Companions and a general bibliography of the early historiographers who wrote the Prophet's Companions. The discussion also included such issues like writing about the good qualities of the Companions , the histriography of the Companions according to locality and the origin and early development of two schools of historiography of the Companions; namely the hadith school and the narrative - critical school. The author , then , points to the challenges which hadith school faced and how they caused the historiographers who wrote about the Companions to turn away from this school and join the narrative - critical school. Meanwhile , an acount is introduced about the methods used in the writing of three important books including Abu Na'im's `` Ma'rifat al Sahabah'' and Ibn Abd al-Bir's `` Al- Isti'ab Fi Ma'rifat al As . hab'' . The rest of the research will appear in later issues.