the book of the explanation of the Sunna by Ghulām Khalīl (d. 275/888) /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Maher Jarrar, in collaboration with Sebastian Günther.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2020]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvi, 380 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Islamic history and civilization. studies and texts,
Volume Designation
volume 174
ISSN of Series
0929-2403 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Ghulām Khalīl -- 2. The Kitāb Sharḥ al-Sunna -- 3. The Third/Ninth Century -- 4. Toward Common Ground
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"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 Basrian 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"--