Ibn Abi'l-Hadid Explained

Religion:Islam
Abu Hamid Abd al-Hamid ibn Hibat-Allah ibn Abi al-Hadid al Mutazili al-Mada'ini
Glory of the Dīn (Izz al-Dīn)
Arabic: ابو حامد عز الدین
Birth Date:30 December 1190
Death Date:June, 1258 (aged 70)
Creed:Mu'tazili
Jurisprudence:Shafi'i
Ethnicity:Iraqi Arab
Region:Baghdad, Madain
Main Interests:History, Hadith
Works:Sharḥ Nahj al-Balāgha
Influences:Abu'l-Khayr Musaddiq ibn Shabib al-Wasiti
Birth Place:Al-Mada'in, Ctesiphon, now Salman Pak, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
Birth Name:عبدالحمید بن ابی الحُسین ھبۃ اللہ بن محمد بن محمد بن الحُسین بن ابی الحَدِید المَدائنی

‘Izz al-Dīn ‘Abu Hamīd ‘Abd al-Hamīd bin Hībat-Allah ibn Abi al-Hadīd al Mutazilī al-Mada'ini[1] [2] [3] (Arabic: أبو حامد عز الدین عبدالحمید بن أبي الحُسین ھبة الله بن محمد بن محمد بن الحُسین بن أبي الحَدِید المَدائني المعتزلي), also known as Ibn abi'l-Hadid (30 December 1190 – June 1258; 586–656 AH), was a Shafe'i[4] Mutazili[5] [6] [7] scholar and writer during the Middle Ages. He studied under Abu'l-Khayr Musaddiq ibn Shabib al-Wasiti (died AD 1208/605 AH)[8] and is best known for his commentary on the Nahj al-Balagha, which he titled Sharh Nahj al-Balagha.

Birth

Ibn Abi'l-Hadid was born on Sunday, 1st Zulhijja, 586 AH/ 30 December 1190 AD in the city of al-Mada'in, now Salman Pak, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq.

Views

Regarding the fabrications of Hadiths, he said that lies had been introduced into the hadith collections of Shi'ites in order to favour their Imam, Ali, or due to their enmity with other religious groups.[9] Regarding the early Caliphate, Al-Hadid explains Ali's position during the early Caliphates in his commentary in his Sharh Nahjul Balagha. According to him Ali did not approve of the Rashidun Caliphate and did not follow them in prayers. He further states that he follows the example of Ali and does not go beyond that, going as far as to curse Muaawiyah.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 2 by Martijn Theodoor Houtsma, 1987, p736
  2. Ibn Khallikan's biographical dictionary by Ibn Khallikān, 1868, p543
  3. Authority and political culture in Shi'ism by Saïd Amir Arjomand, 1988, p233
  4. "wafat al ayan".. By Ibn Khalikkan, on the entry of ibn Abil Hadid, (Arabic: وفيات الأعيان وأنباء أبناء الزمان: واشتغل بفقه الإمام الشافعي)
  5. The life of Caliph Ali by Abul Hasan Alī Nadvī, Academy of Islamic Research & Publications, 1991, p88, "..The great Mutazilli scholar Ibn Abi al-Hadid, author of Sharh Nahjul Balagha..."
  6. The Islamic review: Volume 49, Khwajah Kamal al-Din, 1961, p29, "we will do well to quote the views of Ibn abi'l-Hadid who was a moderate Shi'ah..."
  7. Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic review, Volumes 2-3, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1995, p55, "Ibn Abi al-Hadid (d. 1257), the well- known Mu'tazili ..."
  8. Web site: Nahjul Balagha Part 1, The Sermons. Al-Islam.org. 2015-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20060307225814/http://al-islam.org/nahj/default.asp?url=3.htm. 2006-03-07. dead.
  9. Sharh Najh ul Balagha by Izz al-Din Abd al-Hamid ibn Hibat-Allah ibn Abi al-Hadid, Dar al Kutub al Arabiyya al-Kubra, Cairo
  10. Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic review, Volumes 2-3, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1995, p30

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