The Justly Killed Imam: a Muʿtazilī Defense of the Murder of ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān (r. 23–36/644–656)

This article revisits the attribution of the Kitāb al-Maqālāt, a previously unknown heresiological text, to the renowned Muʿtazilī theologian Abū ʿAlī al-Jubbāʾī. Discovered in a Yemeni manuscript compilation and first studied by Hassan Ansari in 2016, the work’s authenticity and authorship have bee...

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Main Author: Anthony, Sean W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 113-168
Further subjects:B ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān
B Abū ʿAlī al-Jubbāʾī
B Abbasid theology
B heresiology
B Kitāb al-Maqālāt
B Muʿtazilism
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