Abstract

In this article we will try to show the process of transformation that underwent the Arab oratory the a bah from its genesis up to the construction of the cultual model of u bat al t al- umu ah sermon of Friday s canonical prayer spread today among Muslims Our brief socio-historical analysis of u bah goes from the period called hilliyyah pre-Islamic up to 610 AD to the dominion of the Abbasid dynasty 750-1258 AD We will see how the u bah in hilliyyah was situated in a precise space-time framework and had specific socio-cultural functions how its producers had definite roles and its development possessed well-known characteristics The arrival of Islam sacralized this social practice turning it into a religious rite and so the u bat al umu ah was born The death of the prophet of Islam in 632 AD caused a charismatic emptiness that generated a conflict of a symbolic order Pace 20042 The protagonists of the discord used the u bah as a communicative tool to launch their own theological-political invectives With the Umayyad hegemony from 661 AD to 750 AD this practice entered a period of great transformations