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הרצאה בכנס "פרופסור מאיר יעקב קיסטר ומורשתו" - למלאת 10 שנים לפטירתו. הכנס התקיים באקדמיה הישראלי... more הרצאה בכנס "פרופסור מאיר יעקב קיסטר ומורשתו" - למלאת 10 שנים לפטירתו. הכנס התקיים באקדמיה הישראלית הלאומית למדעים ביום רביעי, י"ז מרחשוון תשפ"א (4.11.2020)- יושב ראש: פרופ' יוחנן פרידמן מהאוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים. 44 views
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הרצאה במסגרת הסידרה "כתבי קודש ויצירות מופת בתרבות האסלאם" , ערב שהוקדש ל"שאלות ותשובות (פתאוא) א... more הרצאה במסגרת הסידרה "כתבי קודש ויצירות מופת בתרבות האסלאם" , ערב שהוקדש ל"שאלות ותשובות (פתאוא) אחמד אבן תימיה:". הערב התקיים בספריה הלאומית בירושלים, ב-17.1.2012 26 views
בשנת הלימודים תשפ"א פותחת המחלקה לערבית באוניברסיטת בר-אילן את הקורסים "מבוא לדת האסלאם-מושגי יסו... more בשנת הלימודים תשפ"א פותחת המחלקה לערבית באוניברסיטת בר-אילן את הקורסים "מבוא לדת האסלאם-מושגי יסוד" ו"מבוא לדת האסלאם-סוגיות מתקדמות" לכל המתעניינות והמתעניינים. את הקורסים פיתחה ומעבירה פרופ' ליבנת הולצמן.
הקורסים מתוקשבים במלואם במערכת ה-moodle, כאשר הלימוד מותאם לקצב האישי של כל לומד ולומדת. פורמט הקורסים ייחודי למחלקה לערבית באוניברסיטת בר-אילן, והוא מאפשר למידה יסודית ומהנה בקורסי מבוא עשירים ומושקעים, בכל מקום בו אתם נמצאים, ובשעה שנוחה לכם.
להרשמה לקורסי "מבוא לדת האסלאם" יש לפנות לגב' אסתי חסיד, רכזת המחלקה לערבית.
טלפון: 03-5318374 | דוא"ל: [email protected]
סירטון על הקורסים בקישור הרצ"ב. 33 views
Books by Livnat Holtzman
التشبيه في تاريخ الإسلام, 2022
عالم في الظلّ, 2022
This is the Arabic translation of :
Caterina Bori and Livnat Holtzman (eds.), A Scholar in the ... more This is the Arabic translation of :
Caterina Bori and Livnat Holtzman (eds.), A Scholar in the Shadow, Oriente Moderno 1 (2010).
The translator is Amr Basiony.
Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah (1292-1350), the author of several key-works in Islamic law, theology, an... more Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah (1292-1350), the author of several key-works in Islamic law, theology, and mysticism, is chiefly known in Western scholarship as the most devoted disciple of the great Hanbali theologian and jurisconsult, Ibn Taymiyyah (1263-1328). While substantial innovative research was recently published by Western scholars about Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s broad literary corpus remains almost unexplored. Although some of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah's works were recognized as unique and, in some cases, were used as the almost exclusive source for research, Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah was rarely credited for them as an independent and substantial thinker.
This book examines Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s contributions to several fields of Islamic knowledge. The articles here offer new insights on his legal and theological thought, while revealing his views on a wide range of subjects, thematically divided into Society and Law, God and Man, and Body and Soul. The book also offers a fresh reading in the biographical sources on Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah, and suggests some new trajectories for future research. The articles featured in this volume, written by leading scholars in their respective fields, portray Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah as a systematic theologian and scholar, who strives to integrate highly theoretical discussions with practical aspects of everyday life.
A Scholar in the Shadow is the first comprehensive academic treatment of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s legal and theological thought. The book attempts to decipher the appeal of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah to modern Muslims and others interested in early medieval Islam, while highlighting Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s contributions to Islamic thought.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Caterina Bori and Livnat Holtzman, A Scholar in the Shadow
Society and Law
Birgit Krawietz, Transgressive Creativity in the Making. Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Reframing within Hanbali Legal Methodology
Yehoshua Frenkel, Islamic Utopia under the Mamluks: The Social and Legal Ideals of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah
David Freidenreich, Five Questions about Non-Muslim Meat: Toward a New Appreciation of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s
God and Man
Jon Hoover, God’s Wise Purposes in Creating Iblis. Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Theodicy of God’s Names and Attributes
Yasir Qadhi, The ‘Unleashed Thunderbolts’ of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah: An Introductory Essay
Abdessamad Belhaj, Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah et sa contribution à la rhétorique arabe
Ovamir Anjum, Sufism without Mysticism? Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Objectives in Madariğ al-Salikin
Body and Soul
Irmeli Perho, Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Contribution to the Prophet’s Medicine
Tzvi Langermann, The Naturalization of Science in Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Kitab al-Ruh
Geneviève Gobillot, Corps (badan), âme (nafs) et esprit (ruh) selon Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah à travers son Kitab al-ruh. Entre théologie rationnelle et pensée mystique
Bibliography
Index
Reviews of Anthropomorphism in Islam by Livnat Holtzman
Refereed Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals by Livnat Holtzman
This is a translation of a review article I contributed to Ilahiyat.
“The Politics of Fiṭra: On ... more This is a translation of a review article I contributed to Ilahiyat.
“The Politics of Fiṭra: On Ibn Taymiyya’s Epistemological Optimism: An Essay Review on Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment, by Ovamir Anjum ”, Ilahiyat 5/2 (summer-autumn 2014), pp. 239-247.
I am grateful to the translator Mr. Mustafa Hindi and the commentator Dr. AbdAllah al-Ghizzi for translating my work.
Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 2019
One of the markers of orality in the ḥadīth literature is the gesture (ishāra pl. ishārāt). In 18... more One of the markers of orality in the ḥadīth literature is the gesture (ishāra pl. ishārāt). In 1886, Ignaz Goldziher observed that the muḥaddithūn (teachers of ḥadīth) performed gestures while transmitting ḥadīth on various topics. The following article picks up the thread of Goldziher’s unique inquiry, characterizes gestures in the ḥadīth and groups them into categories. The gestures related to the transmission of aḥādīth al-ṣifāt, namely the traditions about divine attributes (ṣifāt Allāh), form a separate category because they entailed doctrinal and theological implications. This article spotlights the preservation and interpretation of one specific gesture which appears in a ḥadīth attributed to the ṣaḥābī Abū Hurayra. According to this ḥadīth, the Prophet placed his thumb on his ear and his forefinger on his eye to demonstrate that God “hears all and observes all” (Qurʾān 4:58). Does this gesture denote the attributes of God’s hearing and seeing, or God’s eye and ear? Was this gesture perceived as a metaphoric gesture representing an abstract concept, or was it understood as an iconic gesture displaying a concrete scene? The article considers the several possible interpretations of this gesture through the writings of the ultra-traditionalistic scholar Abū Saʿīd al-Dārimī (d. between 280-282/893-895) and the Ashʿarī theologian Ibn Fūrak (d. 406/1015).
The Muslim World, Jul 1, 2016
The focus of the present study is Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s (d. 1350) al-Kāfiya al-Shāfiya fī al-I... more The focus of the present study is Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s (d. 1350) al-Kāfiya al-Shāfiya fī al-Intiṣār li-l-Firqa al-Nājiya (The Sufficient and Healing [Poem] on the Vindication of the Saved Sect), a long didactic poem of nearly six-thousand verses. The poem is usually perceived as a theological-polemical work, which was meant to address Muʿtazilī and Ashʿarī attacks on the traditionalist perception of the divine attributes. However, the present study shows that the poem is a rendition of the 1306-1307 trials that were held in Damascus and Cairo against Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328). The reading of al-Kāfiya al-Shāfiya presented here is intended to place the poem among Ibn al-Qayyim’s most conspicuous works, and draw more attention to the genre of didactic verses in the Mamluk period.
Ilahiyat Studies volume 5, number 2 (2014): 239-247, 2015
Mamluk Studies Review , 2013
This paper offers a new reading to Ibn Qayīm al-Jawzīyah’s (d. 750/1350) 6000-verse poem al-Kāfiy... more This paper offers a new reading to Ibn Qayīm al-Jawzīyah’s (d. 750/1350) 6000-verse poem al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah fī al-Intiṣār lil-Firqah al-Nājiyah (The Sufficient and Healing [Poem] on the Vindication of the Saved Sect, henceforth al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah). Al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah was considered for years a versified creed reflecting Ibn Taymīyah’s (d. 728/1328) theological doctrines, especially on the issue of the divine attributes and anthropomorphism. However, by contextualizing previously neglected parts of al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah, I proved in a recent article, that this work is actually a political treatise, directly responding to the accusations raised against Ibn Taymīyah by the Ashʿari ulama of his times, particularly on Ibn Taymīyah’s readings of the anthropomorphic texts in the Quran and Hadith.
In this paper, I focus on the vehicle which Ibn al-Qayīm used in order to convey his position regarding the dispute between Ibn Taymīyah and the Ashʿaris. Why did Ibn al-Qayīm choose the sophisticated vehicle of poetic expression in order to discuss the complex issue of anthropomorphism and the divine attributes, whereas he could have easily done so in prose? The answer lies in the role poetry played in Ibn al-Qayīm’s times, and also in the text of al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah. Therefore, this paper first considers Ibn al-Qayīm’s choice of poetry as the appropriate means to convey his view about the dispute between Ibn Taymīyah and the Ashʿaris. Then, by presenting the structure and content of al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah and by analyzing two selected parts of the poem, this article tries to assess the need this poem satisfied in its composer and recipients, to identify the emotional components of the poem, and finally to define the message al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah sends to the Taymīyan circle.
המזרח החדש, גיליון נ"ג (קיץ 2014), Jun 1, 2014
The focus of the present study is Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s (d. 1350) al-Kāfiya al-Shāfiya fī al-I... more The focus of the present study is Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s (d. 1350) al-Kāfiya al-Shāfiya fī al-Intiṣār li-l-Firqa al-Nājiya (The Sufficient and Healing [Poem] on the Vindication of the Saved Sect) or al-Qaṣīda al-Nūniyya (the Ode Rhyming with Nūn), a long didactic poem of nearly six-thousand verses. This poem, which received some attention in modern scholarly works in Arabic, is usually perceived as a theological-polemical work, which was meant to address Muʿtazilī and Ashʿarī attacks on the traditionalist perception of the divine attributes. However, the present study shows that the poem is a rendition of the 1306-1307 trials that were held in Damascus and Cairo against Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s venerated mentor, Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328). The story of Ibn Taymiyya’s ordeals (miḥan, sing. miḥna), related repeatedly by Ibn Taymiyya and his contemporaries, is discussed in modern researches, which base their findings on a wide range of sources: Mamluk chronicles, biographical dictionaries, biographies of Ibn Taymiyya written by his admiring disciples, and Ibn Taymiyya’s own testimony on the events. This story was supposedly never recounted by Ibn Taymiyya’s most prominent disciple, Ibn al-Qayyim. Nevertheless, a close reading reveals that parts of al-Kāfiya al-Shāfiya are actually literary depictions of Ibn Taymiyya’s miḥan. Ibn al-Qayyim does not assume the role of a witness to these events, because he was not one of Ibn Taymiyya’s acquaintances at the time of the trials (the two met only in the year 712/1313). The reading of al-Kāfiya al-Shāfiya presented here is intended to place the poem among Ibn al-Qayyim’s most conspicuous works, and draw more attention to the genre of didactic verses in the Mamluk period.
Mamluk Studies Review, Nov 14, 2012
Versified treatises or didactic poems (manẓūmah) were a very popular genre in medieval Cairo and ... more Versified treatises or didactic poems (manẓūmah) were a very popular genre in medieval Cairo and Damascus, although they were never considered proper poetry by theoreticians. Ibn Khaldūn's (d. 808/1406) well-known harsh criticism on this genre focused on the poor language skills of the fuqahāʼ, who, disobeying grammatical conventions, produced lengthy poems of peculiar language. These poems were derogatorily labeled as "the poetry of jurisprudents" (shiʻr al-fuqahāʼ). Nevertheless, the fuqahāʼ treated this genre seriously. As reflected in the biographies of fuqahāʼ, they employed the prosodic conventions of classical Arabic poetry in their own poems, and assessed these conventions in their peers' works.
As was pointed out by one of the very few researches dedicated to this genre (G. J. van Gelder, 1995), didactic poems were written mainly as an aid for teachers. However, the use of poetry in theological debates has not been investigated so far, and researchers have not been able to verify if this poetry was used merely as mnemonics, or whether it played a more important role, such as making a point or establishing an argument.
This paper aims to examine the role of didactic verses in public debates (munāẓarah), through the case-study of a very short poem allegedly written by an anonymous scholar in the 14th c. on the paradox of predetermined heresy. This poem has urged the prominent scholars of Cairo and Damascus, like the Shāfiʻī ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn al-Bājī (d. 714/ 1314) and the Ḥanbalī Ibn Taymīyah (d. 728/1328), to write eloquent and lengthy responses to it. All in all, there are eight lengthy responses, most of which reflect the rationalized argumentations of Ashʻarī kalām.
An analysis of this case-study leads us towards a better evaluation of these poems as a powerful tool in polemics. The theological arguments, which are usually very hard to grasp, are molded into rhythmic texts with a clear enthusiastic tone. From this and other cases, one may conclude that didactic poems on theology were efficient tools of proliferating theological formulae.
Israel Affairs, Jan 1, 2006
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הכנס השנתי הרביעי של האגודה הישראלית לחקר דתות, אוניברסיטת חיפה
יום ראשון, ט"ז באדר תשפ"א, 28 בפברואר 2021
https://www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry.aspx?nodeId=741&entryId=22563
הקורסים מתוקשבים במלואם במערכת ה-moodle, כאשר הלימוד מותאם לקצב האישי של כל לומד ולומדת. פורמט הקורסים ייחודי למחלקה לערבית באוניברסיטת בר-אילן, והוא מאפשר למידה יסודית ומהנה בקורסי מבוא עשירים ומושקעים, בכל מקום בו אתם נמצאים, ובשעה שנוחה לכם.
להרשמה לקורסי "מבוא לדת האסלאם" יש לפנות לגב' אסתי חסיד, רכזת המחלקה לערבית.
טלפון: 03-5318374 | דוא"ל: [email protected]
סירטון על הקורסים בקישור הרצ"ב.
Books by Livnat Holtzman
Caterina Bori and Livnat Holtzman (eds.), A Scholar in the Shadow, Oriente Moderno 1 (2010).
The translator is Amr Basiony.
This book examines Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s contributions to several fields of Islamic knowledge. The articles here offer new insights on his legal and theological thought, while revealing his views on a wide range of subjects, thematically divided into Society and Law, God and Man, and Body and Soul. The book also offers a fresh reading in the biographical sources on Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah, and suggests some new trajectories for future research. The articles featured in this volume, written by leading scholars in their respective fields, portray Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah as a systematic theologian and scholar, who strives to integrate highly theoretical discussions with practical aspects of everyday life.
A Scholar in the Shadow is the first comprehensive academic treatment of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s legal and theological thought. The book attempts to decipher the appeal of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah to modern Muslims and others interested in early medieval Islam, while highlighting Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s contributions to Islamic thought.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Caterina Bori and Livnat Holtzman, A Scholar in the Shadow
Society and Law
Birgit Krawietz, Transgressive Creativity in the Making. Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Reframing within Hanbali Legal Methodology
Yehoshua Frenkel, Islamic Utopia under the Mamluks: The Social and Legal Ideals of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah
David Freidenreich, Five Questions about Non-Muslim Meat: Toward a New Appreciation of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s
God and Man
Jon Hoover, God’s Wise Purposes in Creating Iblis. Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Theodicy of God’s Names and Attributes
Yasir Qadhi, The ‘Unleashed Thunderbolts’ of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah: An Introductory Essay
Abdessamad Belhaj, Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah et sa contribution à la rhétorique arabe
Ovamir Anjum, Sufism without Mysticism? Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Objectives in Madariğ al-Salikin
Body and Soul
Irmeli Perho, Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Contribution to the Prophet’s Medicine
Tzvi Langermann, The Naturalization of Science in Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Kitab al-Ruh
Geneviève Gobillot, Corps (badan), âme (nafs) et esprit (ruh) selon Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah à travers son Kitab al-ruh. Entre théologie rationnelle et pensée mystique
Bibliography
Index
Reviews of Anthropomorphism in Islam by Livnat Holtzman
Refereed Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals by Livnat Holtzman
“The Politics of Fiṭra: On Ibn Taymiyya’s Epistemological Optimism: An Essay Review on Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment, by Ovamir Anjum ”, Ilahiyat 5/2 (summer-autumn 2014), pp. 239-247.
I am grateful to the translator Mr. Mustafa Hindi and the commentator Dr. AbdAllah al-Ghizzi for translating my work.
In this paper, I focus on the vehicle which Ibn al-Qayīm used in order to convey his position regarding the dispute between Ibn Taymīyah and the Ashʿaris. Why did Ibn al-Qayīm choose the sophisticated vehicle of poetic expression in order to discuss the complex issue of anthropomorphism and the divine attributes, whereas he could have easily done so in prose? The answer lies in the role poetry played in Ibn al-Qayīm’s times, and also in the text of al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah. Therefore, this paper first considers Ibn al-Qayīm’s choice of poetry as the appropriate means to convey his view about the dispute between Ibn Taymīyah and the Ashʿaris. Then, by presenting the structure and content of al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah and by analyzing two selected parts of the poem, this article tries to assess the need this poem satisfied in its composer and recipients, to identify the emotional components of the poem, and finally to define the message al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah sends to the Taymīyan circle.
As was pointed out by one of the very few researches dedicated to this genre (G. J. van Gelder, 1995), didactic poems were written mainly as an aid for teachers. However, the use of poetry in theological debates has not been investigated so far, and researchers have not been able to verify if this poetry was used merely as mnemonics, or whether it played a more important role, such as making a point or establishing an argument.
This paper aims to examine the role of didactic verses in public debates (munāẓarah), through the case-study of a very short poem allegedly written by an anonymous scholar in the 14th c. on the paradox of predetermined heresy. This poem has urged the prominent scholars of Cairo and Damascus, like the Shāfiʻī ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn al-Bājī (d. 714/ 1314) and the Ḥanbalī Ibn Taymīyah (d. 728/1328), to write eloquent and lengthy responses to it. All in all, there are eight lengthy responses, most of which reflect the rationalized argumentations of Ashʻarī kalām.
An analysis of this case-study leads us towards a better evaluation of these poems as a powerful tool in polemics. The theological arguments, which are usually very hard to grasp, are molded into rhythmic texts with a clear enthusiastic tone. From this and other cases, one may conclude that didactic poems on theology were efficient tools of proliferating theological formulae.
הכנס השנתי הרביעי של האגודה הישראלית לחקר דתות, אוניברסיטת חיפה
יום ראשון, ט"ז באדר תשפ"א, 28 בפברואר 2021
https://www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry.aspx?nodeId=741&entryId=22563
הקורסים מתוקשבים במלואם במערכת ה-moodle, כאשר הלימוד מותאם לקצב האישי של כל לומד ולומדת. פורמט הקורסים ייחודי למחלקה לערבית באוניברסיטת בר-אילן, והוא מאפשר למידה יסודית ומהנה בקורסי מבוא עשירים ומושקעים, בכל מקום בו אתם נמצאים, ובשעה שנוחה לכם.
להרשמה לקורסי "מבוא לדת האסלאם" יש לפנות לגב' אסתי חסיד, רכזת המחלקה לערבית.
טלפון: 03-5318374 | דוא"ל: [email protected]
סירטון על הקורסים בקישור הרצ"ב.
Caterina Bori and Livnat Holtzman (eds.), A Scholar in the Shadow, Oriente Moderno 1 (2010).
The translator is Amr Basiony.
This book examines Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s contributions to several fields of Islamic knowledge. The articles here offer new insights on his legal and theological thought, while revealing his views on a wide range of subjects, thematically divided into Society and Law, God and Man, and Body and Soul. The book also offers a fresh reading in the biographical sources on Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah, and suggests some new trajectories for future research. The articles featured in this volume, written by leading scholars in their respective fields, portray Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah as a systematic theologian and scholar, who strives to integrate highly theoretical discussions with practical aspects of everyday life.
A Scholar in the Shadow is the first comprehensive academic treatment of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s legal and theological thought. The book attempts to decipher the appeal of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah to modern Muslims and others interested in early medieval Islam, while highlighting Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s contributions to Islamic thought.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Caterina Bori and Livnat Holtzman, A Scholar in the Shadow
Society and Law
Birgit Krawietz, Transgressive Creativity in the Making. Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Reframing within Hanbali Legal Methodology
Yehoshua Frenkel, Islamic Utopia under the Mamluks: The Social and Legal Ideals of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah
David Freidenreich, Five Questions about Non-Muslim Meat: Toward a New Appreciation of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s
God and Man
Jon Hoover, God’s Wise Purposes in Creating Iblis. Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Theodicy of God’s Names and Attributes
Yasir Qadhi, The ‘Unleashed Thunderbolts’ of Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah: An Introductory Essay
Abdessamad Belhaj, Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah et sa contribution à la rhétorique arabe
Ovamir Anjum, Sufism without Mysticism? Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Objectives in Madariğ al-Salikin
Body and Soul
Irmeli Perho, Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Contribution to the Prophet’s Medicine
Tzvi Langermann, The Naturalization of Science in Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah’s Kitab al-Ruh
Geneviève Gobillot, Corps (badan), âme (nafs) et esprit (ruh) selon Ibn Qayyim al-Ğawziyyah à travers son Kitab al-ruh. Entre théologie rationnelle et pensée mystique
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“The Politics of Fiṭra: On Ibn Taymiyya’s Epistemological Optimism: An Essay Review on Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment, by Ovamir Anjum ”, Ilahiyat 5/2 (summer-autumn 2014), pp. 239-247.
I am grateful to the translator Mr. Mustafa Hindi and the commentator Dr. AbdAllah al-Ghizzi for translating my work.
In this paper, I focus on the vehicle which Ibn al-Qayīm used in order to convey his position regarding the dispute between Ibn Taymīyah and the Ashʿaris. Why did Ibn al-Qayīm choose the sophisticated vehicle of poetic expression in order to discuss the complex issue of anthropomorphism and the divine attributes, whereas he could have easily done so in prose? The answer lies in the role poetry played in Ibn al-Qayīm’s times, and also in the text of al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah. Therefore, this paper first considers Ibn al-Qayīm’s choice of poetry as the appropriate means to convey his view about the dispute between Ibn Taymīyah and the Ashʿaris. Then, by presenting the structure and content of al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah and by analyzing two selected parts of the poem, this article tries to assess the need this poem satisfied in its composer and recipients, to identify the emotional components of the poem, and finally to define the message al-Kāfiyah al-Shāfiyah sends to the Taymīyan circle.
As was pointed out by one of the very few researches dedicated to this genre (G. J. van Gelder, 1995), didactic poems were written mainly as an aid for teachers. However, the use of poetry in theological debates has not been investigated so far, and researchers have not been able to verify if this poetry was used merely as mnemonics, or whether it played a more important role, such as making a point or establishing an argument.
This paper aims to examine the role of didactic verses in public debates (munāẓarah), through the case-study of a very short poem allegedly written by an anonymous scholar in the 14th c. on the paradox of predetermined heresy. This poem has urged the prominent scholars of Cairo and Damascus, like the Shāfiʻī ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn al-Bājī (d. 714/ 1314) and the Ḥanbalī Ibn Taymīyah (d. 728/1328), to write eloquent and lengthy responses to it. All in all, there are eight lengthy responses, most of which reflect the rationalized argumentations of Ashʻarī kalām.
An analysis of this case-study leads us towards a better evaluation of these poems as a powerful tool in polemics. The theological arguments, which are usually very hard to grasp, are molded into rhythmic texts with a clear enthusiastic tone. From this and other cases, one may conclude that didactic poems on theology were efficient tools of proliferating theological formulae.
The abbreviated text in Ibn al-Jawzī’s al-Muntaẓam is identified here as the Qādirī-Qāʾimī creed or the IQQ (initials of al-iʿtiqād al-qādirī wa-l-qāʾimī). This text was authored by an anonymous author at the request of al-Qādir’s son and successor, al-Qāʾim bi-amr Allāh (r. 422/1030-467/1075). The Qādirī creed and the IQQ were authored for different reasons. While the Qādirī creed led to an escalation in conflict in the relationships between Sunnism and Shiʿism, the IQQ version was meant to reconcile between different wings within the Sunni community, namely the Ḥanbalīs and the Ashʿarīs. These two trends of Islamic traditionalism were divided on the question of how to interpret the divine attributes (ṣifāt Allāh). The caliph al-Qāʾim summoned the disputing parties to his palace to arbitrate their doctrinal differences and forced them to sign his version of the Qādirī creed (the IQQ) as a symbol of their reconciliation.
“The Miḥna of Ibn ʿAqīl (d. 513/1119) and the Fitnat Ibn al-Qushayrī (d. 514/1120), in: Sabine Schmidtke (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology (London: Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 660-678.
I am grateful to the translator Dr. Usama Shafi' al-Sayyid for translating my work.
Ibn Taymiyya’s unique approach of never shying away from answering people’s theological questions and providing them with answers is the core of the present article. This article comprises four parts: the first part presents the textual roots of the intolerant approach towards questions later to be embodied in the theological formula of bi-lā kayfa (literally, ‘without asking how’). This formula that was habitually added to every anthropomorphic description of God in the Quran and the Hadith, denied the possibility of inquiring about the modality of the divine attributes (ṣifāt Allāh). Used by both the traditionalists and the Ashʿarites with a slight difference in meaning, the bi-lā kayfa had its roots in aḥādīth which recorded the Prophet’s intolerance to questions. In addition, this formula was sourced in anecdotes describing the first generations of traditionalistic scholars practicing the same intolerance towards questions. The second part of the article presents the ḥadīth of Abū Razīn al-ʿUqaylī as a dramatic contrast to the bi-lā kayfa approach and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s efforts to insert this ḥadīth in the traditionalistic curriculum. The third part examines the myth of Abū Razīn as reflected in the polemic between the Ashʿarites and the later Ḥanbalites. The fourth part concludes this article with two questions that were directed at Ibn Taymiyya. This concluding part examines Ibn Taymiyya’s methodological approach to questions of both lay and educated men.
The later Ḥanbalites presented Abū Razīn as a role model, using the material attributed to him precisely against the Ashʿarite version of the bi-lā kayfa formula. The theological questions that this article considers pertain to the much discussed topic of anthropomorphism (tashbīh) in Islam as reflected in several problematic texts in the Quran and the Hadith. Ibn Taymiyya dedicated the lion’s share of his theological oeuvre to this topic.
Livnat Holtzman, "Islamic Theology" In: Meir Bar-Asher and Meir Hatina (eds.), Islam: History, Religion, Culture (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2017), pp. 422-448 (in Hebrew).
human choice, Shifa' al-'alil fi masa'il al-qada' wal-qadar wal-hikma wal-ta'lil (Healing the Person Afflicted with Wrong Concepts about Predetermination, Wisdom
and Causality).Arranged as a debate between a Sunni,
holding Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's views and a Jabri, holding Ash'ari views, chapter 19 of Shifa' al-'alil is based on al-Razi's discussions on the doctrine of jabr. To the best of
my knowledge, chapter 19 has not yet been analyzed or even described, thus the link
between this text and the writings of al-Razi is revealed here for the first time.
Chapter 19 is first and foremost a didactic text, through which Ibn Qayyim al-
Jawziyya's unique writing skills are revealed alongside his ambitions to educate and
entertain his potential readers. The first part of this article deals with the literary genre
of munazara (debate), on which chapter 19 is modelled. An outline of chapter 19 will be followed by a short discussion of the literary devices used by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
in order to depict a vivid dialogue.
Unlike other parts of Shifa' al-'alil copied from Ibn Taymiyya's works,13 chapter 19 represents Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's original writing. Chapter 19 is abundant in citations from the writings of al-Razi, thus raising the question of Ibn Qayyim al-
Jawziyya's familiarity with al-Razi's thought. Did the Raziyyan text find its way into Shifa' al-'alil through a direct delving of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya in the writings of
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, or through the mediation of Ibn Taymiyya's teachings? This question will be briefly examined in the last part of the article.
Ḥazm’s thought, whose presence in the writings of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya is conspicuous, is one such source of inspiration.
Tracing the sometimes elusive reflection Tracing the sometimes elusive reflection of Ibn Ḥazm’s legacy in Ibn Qayyim al-
Jawziyya’s works is a useful means to demonstrate his literary inclinations, which flourished independently in the margins of his theological thought, quite detached from the thought of his master. Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya was not a typical scholar: carrying the torch of Ibn Taymiyya’s controversial ideas, while being constantly persecuted and harrassed by his Shāfiʿī-Ashʿarite contemporaries, he cannot be regarded as epresentative of the majority of scholars in 14th century Damascus. Still, the depth of his acquaintance with the
writings of Ibn Ḥazm can be considered indicaticative of the reception of Ḥazmian thought in Mamluk Damascus. It can also be the starting point of an investigation into Ibn Ḥazm's
influence in the East.
Several questions should be addressed in reference to the Ḥazmian-Jawziyyan
connection: Which of Ibn Ḥazm’s works did Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya study, and for what
purpose? What literary devices does Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya use when analyzing the
Ḥazmian text? And finally, what role does the Ḥazmian text play in the Jawziyyan text? By
answering these questions, the present article will mainly address the way Ibn Qayyim al-
Jawziyya examines, understands and interprets Ibn Ḥazm's writings, and the contribution
of the latter to Jawziyyan thought."
The cases of God's laughter and the Prophet's laughter reflect the complexity of the traditionalistic predicament. These were described by I. I. Goldziher (1910), J. Van Ess (1991-6), L. Ammann (1993) and Ch. Melchert (2002). God's laughter is not mentioned in the Quran as such, however the canonical and non-canonical compilations of Hadith abound in descriptions of God's laughter, which is intimidating on the one hand and compassionate on the other. For example, God laughs after He promises the Prophet, that He shall replace every Muslim sinner in Hell with a Jew or a Christian. He also laughs lovingly when a repentant sinner arrives in Heaven. Another set of traditions which causes uneasiness to Islamic traditionalists, altogether from different reasons, describes the Prophet laughing in various occasions.
This paper aims to determine the role of the accounts on God's laughter and the Prophet's laughter and to analyze the problematics of these accounts, not only from a theological point of view, while examining the writings of the traditionalists Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 855), Abu Khuzayma (d. 924) and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri (d. 971). A tendency to reject these accounts will be presented through the stand of Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 1201). The interesting approach of the prolific Damascene theologian Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 1350) will be demonstrated through his remarkable work on death and the afterlife Hadi al-arwah ila bilad al-afrah (The Leader of Souls to the Land of Joys). We shall see that Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya detects the literal value of these accounts. He does not hesitate to set them in his Hadi al-arwah, thus dismissing the theological difficulties posed by these anthropomorphic accounts as irrelevant.
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