Jahm bin Safwan
Islamic theologian (c.696–c.745 CE) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jahm bin Safwan (Arabic: جَهْم بن صَفْوان, romanized: Jahm bin Ṣafwān) was an Islamic theologian of the Umayyad period and whose name has given rise to the Jahmiyya moniker. During his lifetime, he attached himself to the rebel leader Al-Harith ibn Surayj, a dissident in Khurasan. He was executed in 745 by Salm ibn Ahwaz.[1]
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Jahm ibn Safwan | |
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جَهْم بن صَفْوان | |
Born | c. 696 CE |
Died | c. 745 CE |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
School | Jahmi |
Main interests | Kalam · Philosophy |
Notable ideas | Founder of the Jahmi school · Jabariyah |
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Reliable historical information about Jahm is sparse, coming from sources antagonistic towards him from later periods.[2]