Early Ibadi Theology: New Material on Rational Thought in Islam from the Pen of al-Fazari (2nd/8th Century)

309 Pages·2021·1.832 MB·English

by  Abdulrahman al-Salimi

EarlyIbadiTheology
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Islamic History and
Civilization
studies and texts
EditorialBoard
HinrichBiesterfeldt
SebastianGünther
HonoraryEditor
WadadKadi
volume 182
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Early Ibadi Theology
NewMaterialonRationalThoughtinIslamfromthe
Penof al-Fazārī(2nd/8thCentury)
Editedby
Abdulrahmanal-Salimi
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Tomygrandfather
Shaybatal-ḤamdMuḥammadb.ʿAbdAllāhb.Ḥumaydal-Sālimī
(1896–1985)
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
ArabicTexts
1 TheBookofRebuttals
دودرلاباتك 25
2 TheEpistletoAbūQudāmaandAbūKhālid
دلاخيبأوةمادقيبأىلإباتك 104
3 TheBookofLegalOpinions
ايتفلاباتك 110
4 TheBookofMonotheismontheKnowledgeofGod
هللاةفرعميفديحوتلاباتك 137
5 TheBookofDivineExpressions
ةيهلإلاتارابعلاباتك 194
6 TheBookaboutMattersonWhichIgnoranceIsPermissibleandMatters
onWhichIgnoranceIsImpermissible
هلهجعسيالاموهلهجعسيامباتك 233
7 TheBookontheCategoriesandRegulations
ماكحألاوءامسألاباتك 239
IndexofPersonalNamesمالعألاسرهف 259
IndexofTribesandSectsقرفلاولئابقلاسرهف 261
IndexofPlacesandCountriesنكامألاونادلبلاسرهف 263
IndexofTerminologyتاحلطصملاسرهف 264
IndexofBooksبتكـلاسرهف 267
IndexofPoemsراعشألاسرهف 268
IndexofQuranVersesتايآلاسرهف 269
IndexofPropheticTraditionثيداحألاسرهف 294
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Acknowledgments
I am much obliged to Shaykh Prof. Farahat al-Jaabiri (Tunisia), Mr. Sulay-
manBabziz,andMr.MohammedHadjSaïdof Mzab,Algeria,andtoDr.Sassi
benYahyaten of Belgium for kindly providing me with the digital version of
the two new manuscripts. I also would like to extend my gratitude to Prof.
SabineSchmidtke,Mrs.MarianZelazny(Princetonias),Prof.RidwanEl-Sayed
(Lebanon),Dr.KhalidOmar(Egypt),Rev.ChrisHowitzandJamesBudd(United
Kingdom), Prof. Ersilia Francesca (Naples L’Orientale), Prof. Angliki Ziaka
(AristotleUniversity),Prof.AdamGaiserandAmandaPropst(fsu,USA),and
Jana Newiger (University of Göttingen). I am very grateful to Prof. Sebastian
Günther (University of Göttingen) and Prof. Hinrich Biesterfeldt (Ruhr-
UniversitätBochum)fortheirenormousguidanceandadvice.Finally,Iwould
liketoexpressmyspecialthanksandgratitudetoTeddiDols,PieterteVelde,
andtheircolleaguesatBrill.
IwishtoexpressmygratitudetoProf.AyatollahHosseinModarressiforhis
companionshiponthisproject,andmysincerethankstohimforhisinsightful
andmosthelpfulsuggestionsateverystageinbringingthisvolumetocomple-
tion.
Thebasicworkinpreparingtheeditionwascarriedoutduringaninvited
visitattheInstituteforAdvancedStudyinPrincetonfromJanuary–April2018.
Mythanksareduetotheinstituteforofferinganidealenvironmentforjoint
scholarlyresearch.IalsowishtoexpressmythankstothePatriciaCronefel-
lowship,whichprovidedthefundingformystayattheInstitute.
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