Iljam al-'Awam 'an 'Ilm al-Kalam

إلجام العوام عن علم الكلام

Al-Ghazali's Iljam al-'Awam 'an 'Ilm al-Kalam — 'restraining the common folk from speculative theology' 1.

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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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"Iljam al-Awamm an Ilm al-Kalam" (Bridling the Common People from the Science of Theology) by the Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali, who died in 505 AH according to Hajji Khalifa. 2

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Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

People and things also explored

al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· Death of al-Ghazali at Tus· al-Ghazali leaves Baghdad· al-Ghazali becomes chief professor at the Nizamiyya in Baghdad· Muhyi al-Din Abu Sa'd al-Nisaburi· Abu al-Hasan al-Balansi· جمال الإسلام السلمي· أبو منصور بن الرزاز

Sources

  1. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 571
  2. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p.571
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al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488

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