| Series |
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization. ^A244196
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| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. ̐uAl̐ui: A Contested Legacy -- 2. The Umayyads and the ̐uUthm̐uan̐uis -- 3. The Mu̐utazil̐ui: al-J̐ua̐uhi̐uz -- 4. The Ib̐ua̐ud̐ui: al-W̐uarjal̐uan̐ui -- 5. The Sunn̐ui: Ibn Taymiyya -- 6. The Rehabilitation of ̐uAl̐ui in Sunn̐ui ̐uHad̐uith and Historiography -- Afterword -- Chapter 1 Appendix: Anti-̐uAlid Statements in Historical Literature -- Chapter 2 Appendix: Reports about the Umayyads and the ̐uUthm̐uan̐uis -- 5 Appendix: Ibn Taymiyya's Minh̐uaj al-sunna -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Abstract |
"There was once a famous scholar who agreed to tutor the young sons of a caliph. He would travel to a palace located in the deserts of Syria to share his knowledge of ̐uhad̐uith and instruct the royal family in religion. One day, the tutor found the head of the Muslim community, the caliph himself, reading the Qur̐u̐uan. The caliph stopped on the verse, "Surely those who committed slander were a gang among you . . . Each one shall have his share of the sin that he has earned. As for the one who initiated it, he shall have a grievous chastisement" (Q24:11). The Umayyad caliph was familiar with this story, in which members of the community falsely accuse the Prophet's wife of infidelity. But the ensuing exchange between the caliph and the tutor shows that in the Umayyads' telling of the tale, the role of the unnamed villain who initiated the slander and would consequently face a "grievous chastisement" was played by the Prophet's son-in-law ̐uAl̐ui. Only a few sources report the conversation between the tutor and the caliph, but these sources include ̐uSa̐uh̐ui̐uh al-Bukh̐uar̐ui, the most revered ̐uhad̐uith collection in Sunnism. Thus, the belief of some early Muslims that ̐uAl̐ui had been capable of such a deed is preserved as canon in Sunn̐ui Islam"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Husayn, Nebil, Opposing the Imam 1. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108966061 |
| Genre/form | Apologetic writings. |
| Genre/form | Controversial literature. |
| LCCN | 2020057992 |
| ISBN | 9781108832816 |
| ISBN | 1108832814 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781108965767 paperback |
| ISBN | 1108965768 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
