مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - A CHRONOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE QUESTION OF “WHICH MUSHAF IS IMAM MUSHAF?”

Abstract :

This article contains a study about the term of “Imam Mushaf” and what is meant by the “Imam Mushaf”. As far as we understand in the first period this term was clearer but then used by different authors to different meanings. Especially, presence of the conflicting informations in many turkish studies on this subject draws our attention in recent years. The truth is that Mushaf of Caliph Abu Bakr is not described as “Imam Mushaf” in the oldest and classical Islamic sources. On the other hand it is understood that, in general, all of the replicated Mushafs in Caliph Uthman period; in particular, the Mushaf left in Madinah -center of Islamic State- was known as “Imam Mushaf”. The result which obtained with this study, “Imam Mushaf” is the personal Mushaf of Caliph Uthman and his Mushaf has been a basis for Mushaf copies sent to the Islamic state’s central regions. Many authors detection also confirms this conviction. Consequently, Uthman’s personal Mushaf is the first copy which based on the Abu Bakr’s Mushaf.