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An Introduction to the Emendation of a Shiite Creed

Author: Muhammad Rida Ja'afari
Publisher: World Organization for Islamic Services (WOFIS)
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• Publisher's Foreword
• A Brief Biography of Al-Mufiid
• Some comments on Professor ‘Irfan's introduction
• The extent of Al-Mufid's relations with As-Saduq
• Differences in how ideas are argued do not reflect differences in the ideas themselves
• Those beliefs which are incumbent on believers and those which are not
• Notes
• The beliefs of the Imamiyyah
• The relationship between the Imamiyyah and the Mu‘Tazilah
• There is no difference in the principal beliefs between the two Imami schools
• Wide differences between the two Non-Imami schools
• Examples of Non-Imami traditionist opinions
• The position of Non-Imami traditionists on anthropomorphism
• Comparison of the Imami and Non-Imami schools
• The nature of Imami traditions rejects corporealism and anthropomorphism
• Anti-Imami scholars reverse the reality
• Notes
• Hisham Ibn Al-Hakam some aspects of his personality
• His theological personality and intellectual activities
• Notes
• The Mu‘Tazilis whom Hisham met and their discussions
• The Mu‘Tazilis found fault with Hisham and fabricated false positions for him, the Anti-Mu‘Tazilis agreed with them here but not always elsewhere
• Some opinions incorrectly attributed to Hisham
• The Imami defense of Hisham
• The opinion of Hisham on God's body being unlike other bodies, and the Imami position against him
• The opposition of the Non-Imamis to Hisham's opinion
• Notes
• The incorrectness of attributing views on corporeality and anthropomorphism to Hisham Ibn Salim
• A brief biography of Hisham Al-Jawaliqi
• Views on corporeality and anthropomorphism attributed to Al-Jawaliqi
• The opinions of Hisham Al-Jawaliqi taken from Non-Imami hadith
• What is related from the two Hishams is also related from Non-Imamis
• Notes
• Hisham Ibn Al-Hakam and his 'refutation of Hisham Al-Jawaliqi' and the 'refutation of Mu’minu 't-Taq' that is attributed to him
• Notes
• The Imamis' position on Non-Imami hadith
• Notes
• Comparison of the Tashihu 'l I‘Tiqad with the I‘Tiqadatu 'l-Imamiyyah
• Notes
• Bibliography