Caliphate and Imamate
Caliphate and Imamate
Nebil Husayn, University of Miami
One of the most enduring sources of conflict among Muslims is the question of power and authority after the Prophet Muhammad. This anthology of classical Arabic texts, presented in a new English translation, offers a comprehensive overview of the early history of the caliphate and key questions that medieval Muslim scholars discussed in their works on the subject. Composed between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries, these texts succinctly present competing views on the prerequisites of legitimate leadership and authority in the Islamic tradition. This volume offers an engaging introduction to the diverse writings of influential scholars representing six classical Islamic schools of theology: Sunnism, Zaydism, Twelver Shiʿism, Muʿtazilism, Ibadism, and Ismaʿilism.
- Offers a detailed and concise overview of early Islamic political history
- Explains the key themes and differences between Sunni and Shiʿi doctrines on leadership and authority after the Prophet
- Presents the views of six major theological schools on the caliphate: Sunnism, Zaydism, Twelver Shiʿism, Muʿtazilism, Ibadism, and Ismaʿilism
Product details
November 2023Paperback
9781316649732
250 pages
216 × 140 × 13 mm
0.312kg
Available
Table of Contents
- A Note on the Translation
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Glossary of Key Terms
- 1. A Précis of the Doctrines of Abū 'l-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī Ibn Fūrak
- 2. The Succour of Nations Amidst the Confusion of Darkness al-Juwaynī
- 3. The Theoretical Underpinning of the Imamate Abū Ṭālib al-Hārūnī
- 4. The Curative Book on the Imamate: A Paraphrastic Rendering al-Shaykh al-Ṭūsī
- 5. The Book of Excellence on the Fundamental Principles of Religion Ibn al-Malāḥimī
- 6. The concise ʿAbd al-Kāfī al-Warjalānī
- 7. The Crown of Doctrines and the Mine of Instructive Points al-Dāʿī Ibn al-Walīd
- Bibliography
- Index.
