The Role of Muhammad Ibn Al-Munkadir in the Intellectual Life and the Blogging Movement in the Umayyad Era (41-132 AH / 661-749 AD)

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Ibn al-Mankadr was an Umayyad-era scholar who possessed a wide range of knowledge in various fields, contributing significantly to the intellectual movement and Arab-Islamic civilization. The narratives that contributed to the documentation of Arab-Islamic history originated from Adam and subsequent prophets, and continued through the pre-Islamic era, the era of prophecy, the Rightly Guided Caliphate, and the Umayyad era, up until the time preceding the latter's demise. The author's narratives are characterized by quality, reliability, and truthfulness. Despite their large number, totaling just over 200 hadiths, they were not considered excessive during that period. The author's literary and artistic sensibilities were apparent in his storytelling, prayers, and commentary on certain poems. He supported the Arab-Islamic codification movement at its beginning, which was a crucial source for scholars who codified the Sunnah during his time and afterwards. One of his students, Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, is considered the first to comprehensively codify the Sunnah and was a contemporary of Ibn al-Munkadir. This represents a fundamental aspect of the initial phase of the Islamic blogging movement.