Doctrinal instruction in early Islam : the book of the explanation of the Sunna by Ghulām Khalīl (d. 275/888) / by Maher Jarrar ; in collaboration with Sebastian Günther.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarrār, Māhir Zuhayr, 1956- author.

Contributor:

Günther, Sebastian, contributor.

Series:

Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 174.

Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 174

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Khalīl, Ghulām, -888. Sharḥ al-sunnah.

Khalīl, Ghulām.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Language Note:

In English and Arabic.

Summary:

This pioneering study casts important new light on key issues in the development of dogmatic instruction in early Islam, as it examines the creed written by the Basran and Baghdadi Sunni preacher Ghulām Khalīl (d. 275/888). It includes a critical edition of the Arabic text and an English translation of what appears to be one of the earliest statements of religious beliefs in Islam. In particular, this book argues convincingly that this influential text was authored by the ninth century Ghulām Khalīl rather than the Hanbali preacher of Baghdad, al-Barbahārī - a claim repeatedly made by modern scholars, both Western and Eastern. The present publication broaches multi-layered themes with the aim of specifying the parameters of this “Muslim Creed” in terms of the composite relationship between its content and its origin. In addition, it tackles the important question of what may have led modern Salafis to embrace the doctrinal positions of this particular statement of belief and practice and, perhaps more importantly, to pursue its “institutionalization” as a religious orthodoxy.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Notes on Transliteration and Style

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Ghulām Khalīl: Life, Career, and Image as a Scholar

2 The Kitāb Sharḥ al-sunna : Textual Evidence, Transmission, and Authorship

3 The Third/Ninth Century: The Veneration of Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal and the Proliferation of Creeds

4 Toward Common Ground: The People of the Sunna and the Community

Epilogue: Doctrinal Instruction in Times of Political Change

Translation of The Book of the Explanation of the Sunna

Appendix I : List of Editions and Translations

Appendix II : List of Traditions Transmitted on the Authority of Ghulām Khalīl

General Bibliography

Index of Proper Names

Index of Geographical Names

Index of Book Titles

Index of Termini

Arabic Edition

Bibliography for the Arabic Edition

Index for the Arabic Edition.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-42905-0

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004429055 DOI