أشكال الولاء عند العرب قبل الإسلام

Abstract EN

In the pre-Islamic era (Jahiliyyah) shortly before advent of Islam, the Arab society was a tribal one which was adapting with the nature of the surrounding environment.

For example, they gathered in social units which are linked by the bond of blood and kinship.

Each social unit was called “tribe”.

There are a number of bonds linking the tribe individuals to each other and linking one tribe to other tribes.

This interconnection is expressed in this research under the name of “loyalty” which means the feeling of cohesion and solidarity.

In this way, loyalty is considered the source of political, military, and social power which links the individuals of the tribe to each other.

This research deals with the patterns of loyalty in Arabs before Islam.

These patterns are various such as: kinship, alliance, neighborhood, adoption, slavery, emancipation.

The research aims at focusing the light on these patterns to know the bonds which led to the cohesion of the Arab society before Islam especially in the absence of many studies that ignored Arab history before Islam.