Theoretical foundations of the Umayyad rule, an analytical study
- Author:
- Wameed Hassan Mahmoud Mahmoud
- Level:
- Master
- Field of study:
- Islamic History
- Language:
- Arabic
- Faculty:
- Faculty of History
- Year:
- 2022
- Publisher:
- URD Press
- Supervisor(s):
- Jafar Haidar al-Saadi
Throughout history, humanity has not witnessed a historical event that shook the depths of human life and had a qualitative leap, such as the sending of Hadi Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him) and the call to Islam to free humanity from oppression. From the oppressors, the light of Islam rose in Mecca and the principles of guidance, justice and peace spread throughout the land. The oppressors woke up and warned against the destruction of that ignorant and hateful reality that they built on the basis of injustice and disbelief, which injures human dignity and perpetuates ignorance, superstition, and corruption. They resisted with all their strength and means to stop the advance that captured their strongholds and destroyed their pride and sinful interests. And at the head of these oppressors were the Umayyads. This presence played a dangerous role against the development of Islam and its progress in the stage of propagation and prophecy, and this role continued in the stage of the Caliphate after the age of the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him. Studying the methods of the Umayyads, scientific and objective investigation of their nature and criticism of their intellectual, political, and social positions in relation to men and leaders and the forces influencing them is one of the essentials of knowing the history of the nation. The importance of this research is in explaining and interpreting the events, facts and historical positions of the Umayyad government, and it clearly reveals to us the reality of the confrontation between the Umayyads and the Messenger of God and his holy family (peace be upon himم). on them) and to show the true picture of the Umayyad government, and we in this book seek to return to the historical and modern roots and others and reading them impartially allows us to extract the correct history and the historical truth of the government Reveal the Umayyad. And put it where it belongs. This research is a historical analytical descriptive research that has been used by most researchers in historical research and this research shows the extent of Umayyad delusion in terms of ideology, politics, culture and religion.