At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Overview
"Maqalat al-Islamiyyin" (The Doctrines of the Muslims), a book by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari which sets out the views of the Islamic sects and the doctrines of the theologians. 1
The end of the first part
In the edition read here, the first part ends with the account of what the people of the hadith and the People of the Sunna say (pages 345–352 of the printed text). Al-Ash'ari then says that he holds to it. He then mentions the views of the followers of Abdullah ibn Sa'id al-Qattan, Zuhayr al-Athari and Abu Mu'adh al-Tumni. 1
Connections
- Authored by
- Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
People and things also explored
Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari· The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin· Ghayba (occultation)· Ilm al-kalam (speculative theology)· The Imamate· Infallibility of the Imams (Twelver Shi'a)· The doctrine of the awaited Mahdi (al-mahdiyya)· Raj'a (the return to the world)
Sources
- Maqalat al-Islamiyyin, al-Ash'ari (ed. Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Maqalat al-Islamiyyin wa-Ikhtilaf al-Musallin”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/maqalat-islamiyyin/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-20.