Fluid Boundaries: Christian Sacred Space and Islamic Relics in an Early Ḥadīth

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Medieval Encounters Pub Date : 2021-09-21 DOI:10.1163/15700674-12340108

Adam Bursi

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Abstract

This article examines a ḥadīth text that illustrates the complicated interactions between Christian and Islamic sacred spaces in the early period of Islamic rule in the Near East. In this narrative, the Prophet Muḥammad gives a group of Arabs instructions for how to convert a church into a mosque, telling them to use his ablution water for cleansing and repurposing the Christian space for Muslim worship. Contextualizing this narrative in terms of early Muslim-Christian relations, as well as late antique Christian religious texts and practices, my analysis compares this story with Christian traditions regarding the collection and usage of contact relics from holy persons and places. I argue that this story offers an example of early Islamic texts’ engagement with, and adaptation of, Christian literary themes and ritual practices in order to validate early Islamic religious claims.

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流动的边界：早期的基督教神圣空间和伊斯兰遗迹Ḥ阿地

本文考察了ḥadīth文本，说明了在近东伊斯兰统治的早期，基督教和伊斯兰圣地之间的复杂互动。在这个故事中，先知穆ḥammad向一群阿拉伯人提供了如何将教堂改建为清真寺的指导，告诉他们用他的沐浴水进行清洁，并将基督教空间重新用于穆斯林礼拜。根据早期穆斯林与基督教的关系，以及晚期古老的基督教宗教文本和实践，我的分析将这个故事与基督教收集和使用圣人和场所接触文物的传统进行了比较。我认为，这个故事提供了一个早期伊斯兰文本参与和改编基督教文学主题和仪式实践的例子，以验证早期伊斯兰宗教主张。

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