Daiber II Ms. 25

IIIF Collection

収録内容

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   Cover and Preliminary leaves.

2. [2] [2041a] fol. 4v - 216v

   Radi al-Din Abu al-Qasim Ali Ibn Sa'd al-Din Abu Ibrahim Musa Ibn Ja'far Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ta'us al-Ta'usi (= Abd al-Mahmud) رضي الدين أبو القاسم علي بن سعد الدين أبو إبراهيم موسى بن جعفر بن محمد بن أحمد بن محمد بن طاؤوس الطاؤوسي (= عبد المحمود) : Kitab al-Tara'if wa-madhahib al-lata'if = Kitab al-Tara'if fi ma'rifat madhhab al-tawa'if كتاب الطرائف ومذاهب اللطائف = كتاب الطرائف في معرفة مذهب الطوائف. The author (died 664/1266; → Kahhale VII 248) wrote his book as a Shiite critic of the peculiarities of Sunnites and their division into four schools ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ (Malikiya, Hanafiya, Shafi'iya and Hanbaliya). The author introduces himself in the text with the pseudonym Abd al-Mahmud Ibn Ma'ruf عبد المحمود بن معروف and as a member of the ahl al-dhimma أهل الذمة, i.e. as belonging to Jews and Christians living under Muslim rule; he did so because he wished to present his criticism of Sunnite Islam without any restrictions. Against Strothmann pp. 88-162 (on the Tara'if → p. 101) and Brockelmann (GAL S I 912), this book gives evidence of Ibn Ta'us' interest in theological questions; cf. for example part II (fol. 116v ff.) which starts with a critic of the deterministic position of Sunnites. The quotations by Ibn Ta'us attest to his extensive knowledge of Sunnite and even Mu'tazilite sources: e.g. on p.483, 19f. of the new edition (→ below) the author mentions "al-Nazzam النظام, Kitab al-Futya كتاب الفتيا "- apparently a reference to a quotation from al-Nazzam's juridical work Kitab al-Nakth كتاب النكث in al-Jahiz' الجاحظ Kitab al-Futya كتاب الفتيا ; the latter is quoted in Shi'ite literature; → J. van Ess, Das Kitab al-Nakth des Nazzam und seine Rezeption im Kitab al-Futya des Jahiz, Göttingen 1972 (= Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Philol. -hist. Kl. 3.F., Nr. 79), p. 10 and Daiber, Der Islam 51, 1974, p. 155-160. The book is available in two defective editions: Teheran 1302/1884-5 and Qom 1400/1980 and was translated several times into Persian. It deserves more attention as a document of the dialogue between Sunnites and Shiites. The book is not a systematic discussion and is not divided into sections and chapters. The book turns out to be a reflection of current discussions. - A comprehensive study on Ibn Ta'us does not yet exist. More aspects come to light in Zeina Matar, The Faraj al-ma'mun فرج المأمون of Ibn Tawus: a thirteenth century work on astrology and astrologers. Ph.D. thesis University of New York 1986, and in E. Kohlberg: Medieval Muslim Scholar at Work: Ibn Tawus and His Library. Leiden, New York, Köln 1992 (= Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science XII); on the Kitab al-Tara'if s. ib. pp. 57-59. Other mss. related to ikhtilaf al-madhahib اختلاف المذاهب : → text no.[2283] and [2406].

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   Terminal leaves and Back cover.