The Epistle of Salim Ibn Dhakwan

by Crone, Patricia; Zimmermann, Fritz

• ISBN13: 9780198152651
• ISBN10: 0198152655
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-24
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

The epistle ascribed to Salim Ibn Dhakwan is a tract against 'wrong' doctrines regarding the classification and treatment of opponents. Written by an Ibadi before AD 800 and taking issue with both Kharijite extremists and Murji'ites, it was brought to the attention of Western Islamicists inthe early 1970s by Amr Khalifa Ennami, and is here edited, translated, and discussed in full for the first time. The early centuries of Islamic religious thought have become a dynamic field in the last few years, and there is renewed interest in the attempt to use the early literature of the Muslim sects as windows onto the wider scene of doctrinal discussion in the period before the mainstream traditionbecomes plentiful. In addition to making available a new source, this study seeks to open up the Ibadi tradition for future research on early Islamic thought, partly by making heavy use of Ibadi sources in its interpretation of Salim's epistle and by partly by offering systematic information aboutthe Ibadi figures and literary works involved in the appendices and bibliography.

Author Biography

Fritz Zimmermann is Lecturer in Islamic Philosophy at the University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

PART 1
Introduction	1	(36)
The Manuscripts	2	(9)
Salim b. Dhakwan	11	(4)
The Epistle	15	(16)
The Edition and Translation	31	(4)
Signs and Abbreviations	35	(2)
Sirat Salim: Text and Translation	37	(110)
Commentary	147	(39)
Part I	147	(1)
Part II	148	(12)
Part III	160	(17)
Part IV	177	(9)
PART 2 SALIM, THE MAINSTREAM, AND THE IBADI TRADIATION
Uthman and Ali	186	(9)
Uthman	187	(6)
Ali	193	(2)
The Kharijites	195	(24)
The Ibadis	195	(8)
The Azariqa	203	(3)
The Najdiyya	206	(5)
Minor Extremists	211	(1)
The Development of Kharijism	211	(8)
The Murjpa and Fatana	219	(32)
The Murji'a	219	(24)
The Fatana	243	(8)
Salim and Kitab Al-Irja	251	(15)
The Parallels	251	(7)
The Authorship of KI	258	(2)
The Date of KI	260	(6)
PART 3
The Date of Salim's Epistle	266	(35)
The Kharijite Parts	266	(24)
The Rest of the Epistle	290	(9)
Conclusion	299	(2)
APPENDIX 1: The Ibadi Leaders in Basra	301	(16)
APPENDIX 2: The Imams of Oman till 280/893	317	(2)
APPENDIX 3: Ma/man/haythu shaa llah	319	(6)
APPENDIX 4: Istirad	325	(6)
APPENDIX 5: Al-murjia al-ula in the radd ala ahl al-shakk	331	(2)
BIBLOGRAPHY	333	(1)
Ibadi Sources	333	(11)
Other Works	344	(13)
INDICES
Index to the Arabic Text	357	(40)
Quranic references in the Arabic Text	397	(2)
General Index	399