TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Development of Dalail Nubuwwa Literature: An Emblem of
Interreligious Dialogue in Early Islam
AU - Azmi, Ahmad Sanusi 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 5
SP  - 1072
EP  - 1078
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2018.1072.1078
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.1072.1078
KW  - Muslim-Christian relationship
KW  -dalail nubuwwa
KW  -Muhammad` Prophethoood
KW  -interreligious
KW  -meticulously
KW  -approaches
AB  - This study analyses the factors that stimulate the inception of dalail literature in early Islam. Indeed,
the lack of early textual sources on dalail literature obscures the debate considerably and have led to assertions
that the nature and conventions of dalail arise from internal and external influences. This study investigates
meticulously the factors that could be considered as reasons that lead to the emergence of dalail literature. It
also scrutinizes possible reasons that trigger the development of this literature in its socio-religious contexts.
This research is qualitative in nature in which the researcher will employ both descriptive and source-critical
approaches. The present study in its findings argues that there are clear and established references in Hadith
literature which suggest strongly that the dalail arose spontaneously out of a Muslim context. In particular, the
early Muslim scholars were fired by a deep spiritual need to acquire details about their beloved prophet. It also
asserts that the external challenges from non-Muslims in their interreligious dialogue contribute significantly
to the development of systematic arguments in the later work of dalail.
ER  -