Buch, Englisch, Arabisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 278 g
A Commentary on the “Book on Monotheism” by ‘Abd Allah b. Yazid al-Fazari (2nd/8th Century)
Buch, Englisch, Arabisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 278 g
ISBN: 978-3-447-11701-2
Verlag: Harrassowitz
The addition of this text to al -Fazari’s previously discovered writings provides us with further information about the early Ibadis’ theological views; more importantly, however, it also enables us to trace the development of the terminology they used and understand how and why it changed, as well as the intellectual aspects of the Islamic theological debates during the 2nd/8th century. This study successfully establishes that the opinions of this Ibadi school of theology have remained the same from one generation to the next - among the eastern Ibadis in Oman, Yemen and Hadhramawt as well as the western Ibadis in North Africa. It refutes previous speculation which maintained that al Fazari’s views were on the decline in Ibadi circles from the middle of the 5th/11th century, since the evidence shows that the precise opposite was the case. In fact, this study shows that his theological teachings were still being followed in the 20th century by the Ibadis in Oman and North Africa.