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. 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. Volume 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. "Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra". Google Books (in Arabic). Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyya.
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