The epistle ascribed to Salim Ibn Dhakwan, and written sometime before AD 800, was discovered in the early 1970s by the scholar, Amr Khalifa Ennami, who brought a xerox of the now lost manuscript to the attention of Islamic scholars. Edited, translated, and discussed here in full for the first time, the epistle is an early Islamic tract against "wrong" doctrines regarding the classification and treatment of opponents.
Author(s): Patricia Crone, Fritz Zimmermann
Edition: 1st
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 424
Title Page......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
A Note on Conventions......Page 12
Part 1......Page 14
1. Introduction......Page 16
Signs and Abbreviations......Page 50
2. The Epistle of Salim B. Dhakwan......Page 54
3. Commentary......Page 162
Part 2. Salim, the Mainstream, and the Ibadi Tradition......Page 200
4. 'Uthman and 'Ali......Page 201
5. The Kharijites......Page 210
6. The Murji'a and Fatana......Page 234
7. Salim and Kitab Al-Irja'......Page 266
Part 3......Page 280
8. The Date of Salim's Epistle......Page 281
Appendix 1: The Ibadi Leaders in Basra......Page 316
Appendix 2: The Imams of Oman till 280/893......Page 332
Appendix 3: Ma/man/haythu sha'a 'llah......Page 334
Appendix 4: Isti'rad......Page 340
Appendix 5: Al-murji'a al-ula in the radd 'ala ahl al-shakk......Page 346
Bibliography......Page 348
Index to the Arabic Text......Page 374
Index of Qur'anic References in the Arabic Text......Page 412
General Index......Page 414
