A Critical Edition of Kitāb al-Sawād al-aʿẓam by al-Ḥakīm al-Samarqandī

The book comprises an annotated critical edition and a detailed study of Kitāb al-Sawād al-a‘ẓam by al-Ḥakīm al-Samarqandī (d. 342/953).

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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-4632-4077-6

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Series: Islamic History and Thought27

Publication Date: Jun 29,2023

Interior Color: Black with Color Inserts

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Page Count: 289

Languages: English

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The book comprises an annotated critical edition and a detailed study of Kitāb al-Sawād al-a'ẓam by al-Ḥakīm al-Samarqandī (d. 342/953).

Al-Ḥakīm al-Samarqandī attained fame not only as a scholar of religious sciences and law, but, moreover, as an ascetic and a sage, in the sense of possessing a “divine blessing” for calling to the way of God, knowledge of inner rightfulness, and wisdom about high spiritual truths.

As one of the earliest formulations of dogmatics and practice among the Ḥanafī faction of Islam, this book is a 'manual of orthopraxy' that aims to regulate social behavior and forge community identity. The book offers a syncretic sense of obligations encompassing beliefs, rituals and practice.

This is a work of great importance with a comprehensive critical study that provides a classification and a detailed comparative study of the author's positions. The book is a significant contribution that sheds light on early beliefs and practices that fashioned some Muslim communities in lower Central Asia, Medieval Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and other parts of the Muslim World.

It is an accessible and meticulous resource for scholars, students of Islam, and the general public.

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يعتبر كتاب السَّواد الأعظم لأبي القاسم الحكيم السَّمرقندي (ت 342/953) من أقدم العقائد على مذهب الإمام أبي حنيفة وأهمها. وقد لقي على مرّ العصور قبولًا حسنًا بين جمهور الأحناف في بلاد ما وراء النهر وشرق إيران وأراضي الدولة العثمانية، وفي العالمين العربي والإسلامي بعامة. وهو من الكتب القيمة التي لا غنى عنها للمكتبة الإسلامية، وله فائدة كبرى في دراسة العقائد السنيّة المبكرة وعقيدة قدماء الأحناف ما وراء النهر وفي تطوّر الفقه الحنفي. تدور مسائل الكتاب على الإيمان وعلاقته بالأعمال، كما تتناول مفاهيم مجرّدة ترتبط بمسائل القدر والحرية الإنسانية وعدل الله وصفاته، وتعنى كذلك بآداب العبادات وممارساتها. فالإيمان القويم المتلازم مع الممارسة القويمة يحتلّان معًا حيزًا ووقتًا جليلًا في الحياة اليومية.

وأبو القاسم الحكيم السَّمرقندي من أقران الشيخ أبي منصور الماتريدي، شُهر بالتصوّف والحكمة كما عُرف بعلوم المعاملة والتربية.

اعتمدت هذه الطبعة العلمية المتقنة على ثماني مخطوطات للكتاب وأربع مطبوعات من القرن التاسع عشر؛ كذلك قورنت بالترجمة الفارسية التي تعود إلى القرن الرابع/العاشر. وقد قُدّم لها بدراسة تحليلية مستفيضة، وأُلحقَ بها ترجمة عربية لمقدمة الكتاب الفارسية، ومجموعة من أقوال الحكيم السمرقندي الحكمية.

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The book comprises an annotated critical edition and a detailed study of Kitāb al-Sawād al-a'ẓam by al-Ḥakīm al-Samarqandī (d. 342/953).

It is an accessible and meticulous resource for scholars, students of Islam, and the general public.

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	MaherJarrar	Maher Jarrar is Professor at the American University of Beirut, both at the Critical Humanities for the Liberal Arts and at the Department of Arabic. He is honorary member of Middle East Medievalists. He received his PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Tübingen University in 1989, and taught at Albrecht-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg i.Br from 1989-1992. He was Visiting Professor at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard (1996 and 2011). His areas of interest include the biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Zaydi Studies, early and modern Arabic narratology, and literary criticism. He is the author of over 45 articles in the field of Islamic studies, Arabic literature, and literary criticism. His most recent book is Doctrinal Instruction in Early Islam (Brill, 2020).

Table of Contents v
Introduction vii
فهرس المحتويات 1
تـمـهـيد 7
Manuscripts 73
الرموز 86
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 87
ثبت المصادر والمراجع 187
فهرس الآيات 219
فهرس الأعلام 241
فهرس المصطلحات والعقائد والمسائل الفقهية 261
فهرس الطوائف والفرق 273
فهرس الأمكنة 277
الكتب 279

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