THE OPPOSITION OF THE SHI‘ITES TOWARDS KALÓM: WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO TARJI× ASÓLIB AL-QUR’ÓN AND AL-RAWÖ AL-BÓSIM BY THE ZAIDITE MUHAMMAD IBN IBRAHIM IBN AL-WAZIR AL-SAN‘ÓNÔ (D. 840/1436)

Abstract

The majority of shi‘ites, the mu‘tazilite, and the murji‘ite are regarded by the partisan of traditions (ahl al-ÍadÊth) as heretics, innovators and even infidels. Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328) regarded Shi‘ites as the Jews of the ummah.1 This term was based on the assumption that shi‘ites are mutakallimun, occupied with kalam, disputation and argumentation. Modern literature supports the claim that no shi‘ites of classical period is opposed to kalam.2 Despite extensive reference to TarjÊÍ AsÉlÊb al-Qur’Én (hereinafter: TarjÊÍ), al-Jabiri, for instance, relies upon it in his discussion of some Shi‘ite of ithna ‘ashriyyah’s attitude towards logic and Greek philosophy and not towards kalam.3