{"product_id":"beyond-schools-muhammad-b-ibrahim-al-wazir-s-d-840-1436-epistemology-of-ambiguity-9789004378353","title":"Beyond Schools: Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Wazīrʼs (d. 840\/1436) Epistemology of Ambiguity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Beyond Schools: Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Wazīrʼs (d. 840\/1436) Epistemology of Ambiguity, Damaris Wilmers provides the first extensive analysis of Ibn al-Wazīrʼs thought and its role in the “Sunnisation of the Zaydiyya”, emphasizing its significance for conflicts between schools of thought and law beyond the Yemeni context. Contrasting Ibn al-Wazīrʼs works with those of his Zaydi contemporary Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā b. al-Murtaḍā, Damaris Wilmers offers a study of a number of heretofore unedited texts from 9th\/15th century Yemen when Zaydi identity was challenged by an increasing theological and legal diversity. She shows how Ibn al-Wazīr, who has been classed with different schools, actually de-emphasized school affiliation and developed an integrative approach based on a unique theory of knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements   Introduction   1 Life and Intellectual Environment of Ibn al-Wazīr and Ibn al-Murtaḍā  1 Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Wazīr’s (d. 840\/1436) Biography  2 Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā b. al-Murtaḍā (d. 840\/1436) as a Scholar  3 Conclusion   2 Ibn al-Wazīr’s Works  1 Al-Amr bi-l-ʿuzla  2 Al-ʿAwāṣim wa-l-awāṣim  3 Al-Āyāt al-mubīnāt  4 Āyāt al-aḥkām al-sharʿiyya  5 Al-Burhān al-qāṭiʿ fī ithbāt al-ṣāniʿ  6 Al-Ḥusām al-mashhūr  7 Al-Istiẓhār bi-l-dalīl al-samʿī fī ʿadam wuqūʿ al-ṭalāq al-bidʿī  8 Īthār al-ḥaqq ʿalā l-khalq  9 Kitāb al-Qawāʿid  10 Kitāb fī l-tafsīr  11 Majmaʿ al-ḥaqāʾiq wa-l-raqāʾiq fī mamādiḥ rabb al-khalāʾiq  12 Manẓūma shiʿriyya fī uṣūl al-fiqh  13 Masāʾil arbaʿa tataʿallaq bi-l-muqallad wa-l-mustaftī  14 Masʾalat ikhtilāf al-Muʿtazila wa-l-Ashʿariyya fī ḥamd Allāh ʿalā l-īmān  15 Masāʾil mustakhrajāt  16 Masāʾil shāfiyāt  17 Masāʾil sharīfa  18 Mukhtaṣar mufīd fī ʿulūm al-ḥadīth  19 Muthīr al-aḥzān fī wadāʿ shahr Ramaḍān  20 Nuṣrat al-aʿyān  21 Qubūl al-bushrā bi-l-taysīr lil-yusrā  22 Al-Rawḍ al-bāsim  23 Al-Taʾdīb al-malakūtī  24 Taḥrīr al-kalām fī masʾalat al-ruʾya  25 Takhṣīṣ āyāt al-jumʿa  26 Tanqīḥ al-anẓār fī maʿrifat ʿulūm al-āthār  27 Tarjīḥ asālīb al-Qurʾān ʿalā asālīb al-Yūnān  28 Additional Works Ascribed to Ibn al-Wazīr   3 Central Concepts of Ibn al-Wazīr’s Epistemological Thought  1 Definitions of Knowledge  2 Definitions of the Means to Possess Knowledge  3 The Proof of God’s Existence (ithbāt al-ṣāniʿ)  4 The Argument from the Absence of Evidence (al-istidlāl bi-l-ʿadam)  5 Conclusion   4 Central Concepts of Ibn al-Wazīr’s Theological Thought  1 God’s Wisdom (ḥikma) as the Key to Harmonization  2 Harmonized Doctrine: God’s Names (asmāʾ) and Attributes (ṣifāt)  3 Harmonized Doctrine: God’s Will (irāda)  4 Harmonized Doctrine: Human Actions (afʿāl al-ʿibād) and Free Will (ikhtiyār)  5 Conclusion   5 The Structure of Legal Authority in Ibn al-Wazīr’s Thought  1 The Theory of Infallibilism and the Probability of Ijtihād  2 The Possibility of Ijtihād and the Existence of Mujtahids  3 Taqlīd and Concepts of Following  4 The Requirements (shurūṭ) for Ijtihād  5 Divisibility (tajazzuʾ) of Ijtihād and the Discerning Student (al-ṭālib al-mumayyiz)  6 Extrapolation of Principles (takhrīj)  7 The Muqallid’s Commitment to a Legal School (iltizām)  8 Conclusion   6 Conclusion   Bibliography Index of Pre-Modern Authors Index of Geographical Names Index of Pre-Modern Books Index of Quran Citations Index of Arabic Terms","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210757955927,"sku":"9789004378353","price":136.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-schools-muhammad-b-ibrahim-al-wazir-s-d-840-1436-epistemology-of-ambiguity-9789004378353","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}