The Movement of Hajar Bin Uday Al-Kindi in the Book of Songs by Abi Al-Faraj Al-Isfahani (A Comparative Analytical Study)

Abstract

Kitab Al-Aghany is one of the most important resource that dealt with Hijr bin Adi Al-Kindy Movement, Al-Asfahany had separated about fifteen pages, so they exceed most of the historic resources, that paid little attention to this movement, save Al-Tabary and Al-Baladhery.

Al-Asfahany , in his treatment with this movement, depended on a group of the narrators, but he depended greatly on the narration of Abi Mokhanef which is considered as the most important narrators.

Comparing what Al-Asfahany had mentioned about this movement with what the other historic resources had mentioned, it became clear that Al-Asfahany had his own important narration that showed the movement's nature and aims, and that Al-Asfahany had found that a wide historic information about this movement that made him deal with it elaborately, so Kitab Al-Aghany is one of the most important resource to study all the movement aspects.