Abstract: This study analyses the factors that stimulate the inception of dalail literature in early Islam. Indeed, the lack of early textual sources on dalail literature obscures the debate considerably and have led to assertions that the nature and conventions of dalail arise from internal and external influences. This study investigates meticulously the factors that could be considered as reasons that lead to the emergence of dalail literature. It also scrutinizes possible reasons that trigger the development of this literature in its socio-religious contexts. This research is qualitative in nature in which the researcher will employ both descriptive and source-critical approaches. The present study in its findings argues that there are clear and established references in Hadith literature which suggest strongly that the dalail arose spontaneously out of a Muslim context. In particular, the early Muslim scholars were fired by a deep spiritual need to acquire details about their beloved prophet. It also asserts that the external challenges from non-Muslims in their interreligious dialogue contribute significantly to the development of systematic arguments in the later work of dalail.