Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari

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]

Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari
Clarifying the Lie of the Calumniator
EditorsMuhammad Zahid al-Kawthari, Anas Muhammad 'Adnan al-Sharafawi
AuthorAbu al-Qasim ibn Asakir
Original titleتبيين كذب المفتري فيما نسب إلى الإمام أبي الحسن الأشعري
TranslatorGibril Fouad Haddad[1]
CountryLevant (present-day Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon)
LanguageArabic, English
SubjectIslamic studies, Tabaqat, Kalam (Islamic theology)
PublisherAl-Maktaba al-Azhariyya lil-Turath, Dar al-Taqwa
Followed byTarikh Madinat Dimashq (The History of the City of Damascus) 

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]

Reception

The book was highly recommended and praised by the Shafi'i scholar Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771/1370).[6]

See also

References
  1. "Tabyeen Kadhib al-Muftari - The Great Ash'ari Scholars". sunnah.org. As-Sunna Foundation of America.
  2. Islamic Research Institute (Pakistan), Central Institute of Islamic Research (Pakistan) (1993). Islamic Studies, Volume 32. Vol. 32. Islamic Research Institute. p. 385.
  3. "Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari". islamport.com (in Arabic). Dar al-Kitab al-'Arabi. Archived from the original on 4 Nov 2020.
  4. Al-Bayhaqi (1999). Allah's Names and Attributes. Vol. 4 of Islamic Doctrines & Beliefs. Translated by Gibril Fouad Haddad. Islamic Supreme Council of America. p. 18. ISBN 9781930409033.
  5. "Ibn Asakir". eslam.de (in German). Enzyklopädie des Islam. Archived from the original on 5 Nov 2020.
  6. Taj al-Din al-Subki (January 2012). "Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra". Google Books (in Arabic). Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya.
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