‘Izz al-Dīn ‘Abu Hamīd ‘Abd al-Hamīd bin Hībat-Allah ibn Abi al-Hadīd al Mutazilī al-Mada'ini ( ar, ابو حامد عز الدین عبدالحمید بن ابی الحُسین ھبۃ اللہ بن محمد بن محمد بن الحُسین بن ابی الحَدِید المَدائنی المعتزلی), also known as Ibn abi'l-Hadid (30 December 1190 – June 1258; 586–656
AH), was a
Shafe'i Mutazili
Muʿtazila ( ar, المعتزلة ', English: "Those Who Withdraw, or Stand Apart", and who called themselves ''Ahl al-ʿAdl wa al-Tawḥīd'', English: "Party of ivineJustice and Oneness f God); was an Islamic group that appeared in early Islami ...
scholar and writer during the
Middle Ages. He studied under Abu'l-Khayr Musaddiq ibn Shabib al-Wasiti (died AD 1208/605 AH) and is best known for his commentary on the ''
Nahj al-Balagha'', which he titled ''Sharh Nahj al-Balagha''.
Birth
Ibn Abi'l-Hadid was born on Sunday, 1st Zulhijja, 586 AH/ 30 December 1190 AD in the city of
al-Mada'in
Al-Mada'in ( ar, المدائن, , ; ) was an ancient metropolis situated on the Tigris River in modern-day Iraq. It was located between the ancient royal centers of Ctesiphon and Seleucia, and was founded by the Sassanid Empire. The city's na ...
, now
Salman Pak,
Baghdad Governorate, Iran.
Views
Regarding the fabrications of
Hadiths, he said that "lies" had been introduced into the hadith collections of
Shi'ites in order to favour their Imam,
Ali, or due to their enmity with other religious groups. Regarding the early Caliphate, Al-Hadid explains Ali's position during the early Caliphates in his commentary in his Sharh
Nahjul Balagha. According to him Ali did not approve of the Rashidun Caliphate and did not follow them in prayers. Sunni Sihah Sittah are full of lies as well.He further states that he follows the example of Ali and does not go beyond that, going as far as to curse
Muaawiyah.
[''Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic review, Volumes 2-3'', Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1995, p30]
Works
*''Comments on the Peak of Eloquence'' ( ar-at, شرح نهج البلاغة, Sharḥ Nahj al-Balāghah); a commentary on the ''
Nahj al-Balagha'', a collection of traditions attributed to
Ali ibn Abi Talib
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...
. A 20-volume edition was published by Muhammad Abu l-Fadl Ibrahim (Cairo: 'Isa al-Babi al-Halabi) between 1959 and 1964.
See also
*
List of Islamic scholars
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People
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Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
External links
*http://www.al-islam.org/thaqalayn/nontl/Nar4-7.htm
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1190 births
1258 deaths
Sunni Muslim scholars
Mu'tazilites
13th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate
13th-century Arabic poets
13th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
13th-century jurists
13th-century Arabs