Beyond Schools: Muḥammad B. Ibrāhīm Al-Wazīrʼs (D. 840/1436) Epistemology of Ambiguity

Approx. 350 pp., 3 fc illus.
ISBN: 978-90-04-37835-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 154, 396 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilizati

In Beyond Schools: Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Wazir's (d. 840/1436) Epistemology of Ambiguity, Damaris Wilmers provides the first extensive analysis of Ibn al-Wazir's thought and its role in the “Sunnisation of the Zaydiyya”, emphasizing its significance for conflicts between schools of thought and law beyond the Yemeni context. Contrasting Ibn al-Wazir's works with those of his Zaydi contemporary Ahmad b. Yahya b. al-Murtada, Damaris Wilmers offers a study of a number of heretofore unedited texts from 9th/15th century Yemen when Zaydi identity was challenged by an increasing theological and legal diversity. She shows how Ibn al-Wazir, who has been classed with different schools, actually de-emphasized school affiliation and developed an integrative approach based on a unique theory of knowledge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilmers, Damaris

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Life and Intellectual Environment of Ibn al-Wazir and Ibn al-Murta?a
1 Mu?ammad b. Ibrahim b. al-Wazir’s (d. 840/1436) Biography
2 A?mad b. Ya?ya b. al-Murta?a (d. 840/1436) as a Scholar
3 Conclusion

2 Ibn al-Wazir’s Works
1 Al-Amr bi-l-?uzla
2 Al-?Awa?im wa-l-awa?im
3 Al-Ayat al-mubinat
4 Ayat al-a?kam al-shar?iyya
5 Al-Burhan al-qa?i? fi ithbat al-?ani?
6 Al-?usam al-mashhur
7 Al-Isti?har bi-l-dalil al-sam?i fi ?adam wuqu? al-?alaq al-bid?i
8 Ithar al-?aqq ?ala l-khalq
9 Kitab al-Qawa?id
10 Kitab fi l-tafsir
11 Majma? al-?aqa?iq wa-l-raqa?iq fi mamadi? rabb al-khala?iq
12 Man?uma shi?riyya fi u?ul al-fiqh
13 Masa?il arba?a tata?allaq bi-l-muqallad wa-l-mustafti
14 Mas?alat ikhtilaf al-Mu?tazila wa-l-Ash?ariyya fi ?amd Allah ?ala l-iman
15 Masa?il mustakhrajat
16 Masa?il shafiyat
17 Masa?il sharifa
18 Mukhta?ar mufid fi ?ulum al-?adith
19 Muthir al-a?zan fi wada? shahr Rama?an
20 Nu?rat al-a?yan
21 Qubul al-bushra bi-l-taysir lil-yusra
22 Al-Raw? al-basim
23 Al-Ta?dib al-malakuti
24 Ta?rir al-kalam fi mas?alat al-ru?ya
25 Takh?i? ayat al-jum?a
26 Tanqi? al-an?ar fi ma?rifat ?ulum al-athar
27 Tarji? asalib al-Qur?an ?ala asalib al-Yunan
28 Additional Works Ascribed to Ibn al-Wazir

3 Central Concepts of Ibn al-Wazir’s Epistemological Thought
1 Definitions of Knowledge
2 Definitions of the Means to Possess Knowledge
3 The Proof of God’s Existence (ithbat al-?ani?)
4 The Argument from the Absence of Evidence (al-istidlal bi-l-?adam)
5 Conclusion

4 Central Concepts of Ibn al-Wazir’s Theological Thought
1 God’s Wisdom (?ikma) as the Key to Harmonization
2 Harmonized Doctrine: God’s Names (asma?) and Attributes (?ifat)
3 Harmonized Doctrine: God’s Will (irada)
4 Harmonized Doctrine: Human Actions (af?al al-?ibad) and Free Will (ikhtiyar)
5 Conclusion

5 The Structure of Legal Authority in Ibn al-Wazir’s Thought
1 The Theory of Infallibilism and the Probability of Ijtihad
2 The Possibility of Ijtihad and the Existence of Mujtahids
3 Taqlid and Concepts of Following
4 The Requirements (shuru?) for Ijtihad
5 Divisibility (tajazzu?) of Ijtihad and the Discerning Student (al-?alib al-mumayyiz)
6 Extrapolation of Principles (takhrij)
7 The Muqallid’s Commitment to a Legal School (iltizam)
8 Conclusion

6 Conclusion

Bibliography
Index of Pre-Modern Authors
Index of Geographical Names
Index of Pre-Modern Books
Index of Quran Citations
Index of Arabic Terms

Über Autor(innen)

Damaris Wilmers, Ph.D. (2015), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, works at the National Records and Archives Authority in Muscat. Her research and publication has focused on theological and legal diversity in Yemen. She has recently developed an interest in Oman´s intellectual history.