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- Opposing the Imm
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- Opposing the Imām
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Conventions
- Introduction
- 1 ʿAlī: A Contested Legacy
- 2 The Umayyads and the ʿUthmānīs
- 3 The Muʿtazilī: al-Jāḥiẓ
- 4 The Ibāḍī: al-Wārjalānī
- 5 The Sunnī: Ibn Taymiyya
- 6 The Rehabilitation of ʿAlī in Sunnī Ḥadīth and Historiography
- Afterword
- Chapter 1 Appendix: Anti-ʿAlid Statements in Historical Literature
- Chapter 2 Appendix: Reports about the Umayyads and the ʿUthmānīs
- Chapter 5 Appendix: Ibn Taymiyya’s Minhāj al-sunna
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series
Afterword
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 April 2021
- Opposing the Imm
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- Opposing the Imām
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Conventions
- Introduction
- 1 ʿAlī: A Contested Legacy
- 2 The Umayyads and the ʿUthmānīs
- 3 The Muʿtazilī: al-Jāḥiẓ
- 4 The Ibāḍī: al-Wārjalānī
- 5 The Sunnī: Ibn Taymiyya
- 6 The Rehabilitation of ʿAlī in Sunnī Ḥadīth and Historiography
- Afterword
- Chapter 1 Appendix: Anti-ʿAlid Statements in Historical Literature
- Chapter 2 Appendix: Reports about the Umayyads and the ʿUthmānīs
- Chapter 5 Appendix: Ibn Taymiyya’s Minhāj al-sunna
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series
Summary
Clearly ʿAlī’s legacy among Muslims was contested. The martyr and saint revered in Sunnī and Shīʿī literature was roundly condemned among Umayyads, ʿUthmānīs, and Khawārij. According to these factions, ʿAlī wrongfully waged war against other Muslims in pursuit of power and betrayed the values of his religion. This book documents the grievances of these early anti-ʿAlids and considers how some of their opinions about ʿAlī persisted in Muslim historiography long after the disappearance of these factions.
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- Opposing the ImamThe Legacy of the Nawasib in Islamic Literature, pp. 182 - 185Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021