 Clarifying the Lie of the Calumniator | |
| Editors | Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari, Anas Muhammad 'Adnan al-Sharafawi |
|---|---|
| Author | Abu al-Qasim ibn Asakir |
| Original title | تبيين كذب المفتري فيما نسب إلى الإمام أبي الحسن الأشعري |
| Translator | Gibril Fouad Haddad[1] |
| Language | Arabic, English |
| Subject | Islamic studies, Tabaqat, Kalam (Islamic theology) |
| Publisher | Al-Maktaba al-Azhariyya lil-Turath, Dar al-Taqwa |
| Publication place | Levant (present-day Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon) |
| Followed by | Tarikh Madinat Dimashq (The History of the City of Damascus) |
Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari fima Nusiba ila al-Imam Abi al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (Arabic: تبيين كذب المفتري فيما نسب إلى الإمام أبي الحسن الأشعري, lit. 'The Exposition of the Fabricator's Lies in What He Attributed to Imam al-Ash'ari') is a polemic book with a powerful message against the detractors of Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (d. 324/935), written by the Shafi'i hadith master (hafiz) Ibn 'Asakir (d. 571/1176), who vindicated him from deviant views and claims falsely attributed to him.[2]
The book was actually written in response to Abu 'Ali al-Ahwazi (d. 446/1055) who wrote a book compiling criticisms and disparagements upon al-Ash'ari. For this reason, Ibn 'Asakir authored the book, to defend the honour and integrity of al-Ash'ari, and to establish and affirm that al-Ash'ari was in agreement with Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241/855) after his conversion from the Mu'tazilite theology to the orthodox Sunni doctrine.[3]
The author gives a list of some seventy Ash'ari scholars divided into five classes (tabaqat), starting with the biographical layer of al-Ash'ari himself.[2][4]
The book has been in print since 1928 and has been the subject of several studies.[5]
- ^ "Tabyeen Kadhib al-Muftari - The Great Ash'ari Scholars". sunnah.org. As-Sunna Foundation of America.
- ^ a b Islamic Research Institute (Pakistan), Central Institute of Islamic Research (Pakistan) (1993). Islamic Studies, Volume 32. Vol. 32. Islamic Research Institute. p. 385.
- ^ "Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari". islamport.com (in Arabic). Dar al-Kitab al-'Arabi. Archived from the original on 4 Nov 2020.
- ^ Al-Bayhaqi 1999, p. 18
- ^ "Ibn Asakir". eslam.de (in German). Enzyklopädie des Islam. Archived from the original on 5 Nov 2020.