دانشگاه کاشان کاشان شناسی 2676-7686 17 2 2025 03 15 Historical Study of the Role of Abu al-Rreza Rawandi in the Narration of Nahjul-Balagha بررسی تاریخی نقش ابوالرضا راوندی در روایت نهج‌ البلاغه 53 70 114891 10.22052/kashan.2025.255326.1122 FA محمود صادقی علوی استادیار گروه تاریخ و تمدن ملل اسلامی دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران، ایران Journal Article 2024 08 20 <strong>Introduction</strong><br />Nahjul-Balagha,as one of the valuable Shiite legacies, has always been one of the books of interest to Muslim scholars. Thus, this research has undertaken a historical study of the role of Abu al-Rida Rawandi in the narration of Nahjul-Balagha during the reign of the Sunni Seljuq rulers. Thisresearch is to answer this question: what role Abu al-Rida Rawandi played in the narration of Nahjul-Balagha during this period. A figure like Abu al-Rida Rawandi, as an educated man in the school of Ahl al-Bayt in the Shiite city of Kashan, took valuable steps towards the narration of Nahjul-Balagha, which will be considered in this context. This study is based on the hypothesis that Abu al-Rida Rawandiwith the material and spiritual support of influential and wealthy Shiites in Kashan, despite the dominance of the Sunni Seljuk dynasty, traveled to various cities, including Isfahan, and after learning about the most important narrations of Nahjul al-Balagha, started narrating them to his students and the next Shiites generation.<br /><strong>Materials and Methods</strong><br />Abu al-Reza Rawandi is a scholar whose works and activities in various fields are worthy of attention and importance. The fall of the Shiite Buyid dynasty and the establishment of the Seljuq dynasty in Iran drastically affected the history of Kashan. Since the Seljuq were Sunni, they naturally did not have a positive view of Shiite cities, including Kashan. Considering what has been said about the political and social conditions of Kashan and the Seljuqreign in Iran, some prominent Shiite men play a significant role in this period to transmit Shiite heritage. In this critical historical era for the Shiites, some Shiite scholars, despite great hardships, endeavored to protect and promote Shiite culture. Amongst them, Abu al-Rida Rawandi had a crucial role as one of the main narrators of Nahjul-Balagha in the sixth century AH. Many studies have been conducted about this figure and his works, yet in this study examines the historical role played by Abu al-Rida Rawandi in the narration of Nahjul-Balagha, using an analytical and comparative method.<br /><strong>Results</strong><br />The Seljuqdomination of Iran world after the fall of the Shiite Buyid dynasty created difficult religious conditions for the Shiites. Shiite scholars, who had compiled much of the Shiite cultural heritage under the support of Buyid rulers, tried their best to pass this Shiite heritage to the nextShiite generations during this period, despite official support for Sunni sects. One of the valuable achievements of the Shiites during the Buyid rule was the compilation of Nahj al-Balagha by Sayyid al-Radi. The importance that this book gradually gained among the Shiites landed itas the second most important religious book among the Shiites after the Holy Quran. In different periods of Islamic history, the dominance of Sunni rulers over the Islamic world created many problemsfor the preservation and transmission of Shiite knowledge and culture. These conditions became doubled during the Seljuq ruleand increasedconcerns regarding the preservation ofShiite valuable assets. Among these figures, Abu al-Rida Rawandi played a great role to transmit Shiite heritage, especially through narration of Nahj al-Balagha. Despite the dominance of Sunni rulers, Abu al-Rida Rawandi did not stop his scientific activities and, with the support of some wealthy Shiites of Kashan, did his best to transmit this Shiite heritage to the next generation. By traveling to different cities and interacting and learning from religious scholars and elders, both Shia and Sunni, Abu al-Rida became able to gain access to authentic versions and narrations of Nahjul-Balagha as healso established scientific relations with thinkers from all Islamic sects. Then he taught and transmitted this valuable knowledge to next generations. Abu al-Rida's activities in the field of narration of Nahjul-Balagha turned him into one of the most authoritative and important narrators of Nahjul-Balagha; as a result,his narration of Nahjul-Balagha is considered one of the most complete and documented narrations. Abu al-Rida's role becomes more prominent and distinctive when located in the historicaland cultural context of the Seljuqrule.<br /><strong>Conclusion</strong><br />This study showed that in a situation where the Sunni the Seljuqdominated Iran alongside the Abbasid caliphs and imposed harshest restrictions on Shiites scholars such as Abu al-Rida Rawandi, theyaccomplished their mission in transmitting and promoting this valuable Shiite heritage. Abu al-Rida Rawandi, with his extensive efforts during this period, was able to access various versions of Nahj al-Balagha possessed by various individuals, both Shiites and Sunnis, and learnt aboutthem from his contemporary scholars, taught them to his students. In this way, it is claimed that, he helped preserve this valuable heritage for Shiites throughout subsequent historical periods. <strong>استقرار حکومت سلاجقه بر بیشتر نقاط جهان اسلام بعد از انقراض آل‌بویه تا حدود زیادی عرصه را بر عالمان شیعی برای ترویج و انتقال میراث شیعی تنگ کرد. این پژوهش بر آن است تا با بررسی اسناد و منابع موجود بیان کند ابوالرضا راوندی به‌عنوان یکی از علمای شیعۀ شهر کاشان در قرن ششم هجری و هم‌زمان با غلبۀ سلاجقۀ سنی‌مذهب بر قسمت بزرگی از جهان اسلام، چه نقشی در روایت <em>نهج‌ البلاغه</em> به‌عنوان یکی از مهم‌ترین میراث شیعی داشته است. این پژوهش بر مبنای منابع کتابخانه‌ای و با روش تحلیلی، متون و منابع مرتبط با موضوع را بررسی نموده است. نتایج حاصل از این پژوهش نشان می‌دهد در شرایطی که سلاجقۀ سنی‌مذهب در کنار خلفای عباسی بر جهان اسلام غلبه داشته و نه‌تنها حمایتی از علمای شیعه نداشتند بلکه محدودیت‌هایی نیز برای شیعیان ایجاد می‌کردند، علمایی همچون ابوالرضا راوندی با مسافرت به شهرهای مختلف و بهره‌گیری از علما و همین‌طور استفاده از نسخ مختلف <em>نهج‌ البلاغه</em> در سایۀ حمایت رجال متمول و قدرتمند شیعه در این دوره با استنساخ و روایت این اثر شیعی برای دیگر معاصران و شاگردان خود نقش مؤثری در انتقال و ترویج این میراث ارزشمند شیعی در دورۀ غلبه سیاسی اهل‌سنت بر جهان اسلام داشته است.</strong> https://sh-kashan.kashanu.ac.ir/article_114891_99a13a1f8c1c8717399b4cdd8b36b87c.pdf