Ibn Jahbal Al Kilabi
This short theological tract, Fi Nafi al-Jiha, or On Denying Direction to God, by the Ash’ari theologian and celebrated Shafi’I jurist, Qadi Ibn Jahbal (d.733/1333), is a clinical rebuttal of the controversial fatwa, the ‘Aqida Hamawiyya, penned by his legendary contemporary, Ibn Taymiyya (d.728/1328). It is considered, rightly, a classic manifesto of anti-literalism, which will e an indispensable reference for advanced students of Islamic theology, other professional theologians, and modern academics needing primary source materials in English or a source book on the controversies surrounding Ibn Taymiyya’s theology.
(9780954754082/5811)
This short theological tract, Fi Nafi al-Jiha, or On Denying Direction to God, by the Ash’ari theologian and celebrated Shafi’I jurist, Qadi Ibn Jahbal (d.733/1333), is a clinical rebuttal of the controversial fatwa, the ‘Aqida Hamawiyya, penned by his legendary contemporary, Ibn Taymiyya (d.728/1328). It is considered, rightly, a classic manifesto of anti-literalism, which will e an indispensable reference for advanced students of Islamic theology, other professional theologians, and modern academics needing primary source materials in English or a source book on the controversies surrounding Ibn Taymiyya’s theology.
(9780954754082/5811)