An Introduction to the Emendation of A Shi‘ite Creed

Author: Muhammad Rida Ja‘fari

Publisher: World Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS)

This text is an introduction to the Book Tashihu 'l-I‘tiqad of Abu ‘Abdillah, Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Nu‘man, Known as ash-Shaykh al-Mufid. (336/948 or 338/950 – 413/1022)

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Chapters

  1. Publisher's Foreword
  2. A Brief Biography of Al-Mufiid
  3. The beliefs of the Imamiyyah
  4. Hisham Ibn Al-Hakam some aspects of his personality
  5. The Mu‘Tazilis whom Hisham met and their discussions
  6. The incorrectness of attributing views on corporeality and anthropomorphism to Hisham Ibn Salim
  7. Hisham Ibn Al-Hakam and his 'refutation of Hisham Al-Jawaliqi' and the 'refutation of Mu’minu 't-Taq' that is attributed to him
  8. The Imamis' position on Non-Imami hadith
  9. Comparison of the Tashihu 'l I‘Tiqad with the I‘Tiqadatu 'l-Imamiyyah
  10. Bibliography

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