Mujarrad Maqalat al-Ash'ari

Mujarrad Maqalat al-Shaykh Abi al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (Arabic: مجرّد مقالات الشيخ أبي الحسن الأشعري, lit. 'Summary of Shaykh Abi al-Hasan al-Ash'ari's Treatises/Articles') is an Islamic theological book written by the Shafi'i-Ash'ari scholar Ibn Furak (d. 406/1015), in which he gives a summary of the views, ideas and opinions of the Sunni scholar Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (d. 324/935), the theologian after whom the Ash'ari school of theology is named.^[1][2]

Mujarrad Maqalat al-Ash'ari

Only Articles of Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
Editors	Muhammad Faruq Hashim Ahmad 'Abd al-Rahim al-Sayih [ar]
Author	Ibn Furak
Original title	مجرّد مقالات الشيخ أبي الحسن الأشعري
Language	Arabic
Subject	'Aqidah (Islamic theology)
Publisher	Amman: Dar al-Nur al-Mubin
Followed by	Mushkil al-Hadith wa Bayanuh (Ambiguity of the Hadith and its Explanation)

This work is considered as one of the most important and essential sources of the Ash'ari school of Islamic theology.^[3]

Content

The work is a methodical exposition of the teaching of al-Ash'ari, written some sixty years after his death.^[4] It contains several topics on theological issues in Islam, and other topics that are fundamentals in dialogue, such as demonstration, refutation, evidence and citation. Towards the end of the book is a chapter dedicated to the ethics of disputation (adab al-jadal).^[5]

Notes

• Ibn Fūrak adopted al-Ash'ari's school of theology and was well informed of al-Ash'ari's views. This is because Ibn Fūrak learnt from two of al-Ash'ari's close companions and disciples, namely Abu al-Hasan al-Bahili [ar] (d. ca. 370/980) and Abu 'Abd Allah b. Mujahid al-Ta'i [ar] (d. 360s/970s or 370s/980s). In addition, he had recourse to all of al-Ash'ari's books.^[6]

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References

1. Jonathan Brown (2007). The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim. Islamic History and Civilization. Vol. 69. Brill. p. 190. ISBN 9789004158399.
2. Gibril Fouad Haddad (2015). The Biographies of the Elite Lives of the Scholars, Imams & Hadith Masters. As-Sunnah Foundation of America. p. 155.
3. "من قراءاتِ كتاب مجرد مقالات الشيخ الأشعري يَان بترس". arrabita.ma (in Arabic). Muhammadan League of Religious Scholars [fr; ar]. Archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024. وكغيره من الدارسين كتب المستشرق الهولندي بترس قراءة تقديمية واحتفائية في أهمية كتاب مجرّد مقالات الشيخ أبي الحسن الأشعري، تضمن تأطيرًا عامًّا للكتاب، ومناقشة جزئية للغاية في مسألة نسبة الكتاب لأبي بكر ابن فورك التي تردّد فيها النَّاشر جيماريه ولم يبدِ فيها اطمئنانًا مقنعا له قبل القارئ، ولعلها مسألة لم ينتبه إليها عموم الدارسين والباحثين رغم خطورتها بنسبة لعمل يعدّ، دون شك، أهم مصدرٍ من مصادر الأشعرية؛ سوى إن استثنينا قلَّة منهم تنبهوا لمداها، معززينَ ما جنح إليه بترس بأدلة أشد وثاقة وقوة.
4. Chawkat Georges Moucarry (2004). The Search for Forgiveness: Pardon and Punishment in Islam and Christianity. Inter-Varsity Press. p. 346. ISBN 9781844740185. The other major work of Ibn Furak is his Mujarrad maqalat al-Ash'ari, which is a methodical exposition of the teaching of the master. This treatise, written some sixty years after the death of Ash'ari, represents an invaluable source of information on the thought of one of Islam's greatest theologians.
5. Alwani Ghazali; Muhammad Kamal (2023). Interreligious Dialogue Models: From the Life of the Prophet Muhammad. Routledge Studies in Religion. Taylor & Francis. p. 15. ISBN 9781003812067.
6. Abdullatif Ahmadi Ramchahi; Monika @ Munirah Abd Razzak; Iman Najim Khalaf; Soraya Daryanavard, eds. (2016). "Ibn Fūrak's Methodology in Transforming the Ash'arite School into a Dialectical-Theological School". Journal of Usuluddin. 43. Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya: 171–182. doi:10.22452/usuluddin.vol43no1.7.

External links

• Mujarrad Maqalat al-Ash'ari on Goodreads.com
• Mücerredü Maḳālâti’ş-Şeyḫ Ebi’l-Ḥasan el-Eşʿarî’dir on İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish)
• Mujarrad Maqalat al-Ash'ari by Dr. Tarik Lahham on YouTube (in Arabic)
• Mujarrad Maqalat al-Ash'ari on Internet Archive (in Arabic)