Pathology of Studies on Administrative Position at the Age of Prophet

Ancient sources about conducts and lifestyle (Seereh), Hadith, Rijal (knowledge of men), classes, jurisprudence (Fiqh) and interpretation (Tafsir), in addition to providing specialized information, offers insights into a raft of other topics, including the current administrative positions in the Prophet’s ruling system. Recognition and analysis of such data can acquaint us with aspects of the socio-political life of early Islam, shedding light on the context of the revelation of Quranic verses and Prophet’s narrations. Most of studies in the contemporary era have approached this issue from various angles in order to analyze the history of the early Islam. Revisiting the background of these analyses is the subject of the present paper. That is, by reviewing the history of Islamic civilization, we explore an array of scientific trends that have strived to analyze common administrative positions in the "the Prophet’s city", addressing issues such as the history of efforts and approaches to identifying administrative positions of that time, intellectual trends prompting such efforts, perspectives they have offered to researchers, unresolved issues, and major theoretical and practical challenges facing such studies.