Opposing the Imām : the legacy of the Nawāsib in Islamic literature /

Opposing the Imām : the legacy of the Nawāsib in Islamic literature /

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Author / Creator:	Husayn, Nebil, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	x, 235 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
Subject:	'Alī ibn Abī Tālib, -- Caliph, -- approximately 600-661 -- Imamate. 'Alī ibn Abī Tālib, -- Caliph, -- approximately 600-661. Shī'ah -- Relations -- Sunnites. Sunnites -- Relations -- Shī'ah. Shīah -- Apologetic works. Sunnites -- Controversial literature. Imamate. Interfaith relations. Shī'ah. Sunnites. Apologetic writings. Controversial literature.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12739805

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ISBN:	9781108832816 1108832814 9781108965767 1108965768 9781108966061
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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 hadīth and instruct the royal family in religion. One day, the tutor found the head of the Muslim community, the caliph himself, reading the Qur'ān. 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 'Alī. Only a few sources report the conversation between the tutor and the caliph, but these sources include Sahīh al-Bukhārī, the most revered hadīth collection in Sunnism. Thus, the belief of some early Muslims that 'Alī had been capable of such a deed is preserved as canon in Sunnī Islam"--
Other form:	Online version: Husayn, Nebil, Opposing the Imam 1. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108966061

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