Ibn ʿAqīl

Abū l-Wafāʾ ʿAlī Ibn ʿAqīl ( Arabic ابو الوفاء ابن عقيل; born 1040 in Baghdad ; died 1119 ibid) was a Hanbali legal scholar and theologian and an important figure in Baghdad during the late 11th century. In 1066 (= 458 of the Hijra ), through the mediation of a Hanbali trader named Abū Manṣūr, he was entrusted with the leadership of the prestigious "teaching circle of the Barmakids " ( ḥalqat al-Barāmika ) in the mosque of the caliph al-Mansūr . However, this drew him the hostility of a rival Hanbali scholar, Abū Jafar, who had also made hopes for the post. Ibn ʿAqīl was particularly vulnerable because he was close to the Muʿtazila and sympathized with the mystical teaching of Mansur al-Hallaj , who was considered a heretic. After his mentor Abū Manṣūr died in 1068, he had to hide in order to escape the wrath of the followers of Abū Jaʿfar. In September 1072 he finally renounced his office publicly, distancing himself from his earlier writings in favor of the Muʿtazila and Halladsch. One of the most important works written by Ibn ʿAqīl is his Summa on the Islamic legal theory Kitāb al-Wāḍiḥ fī uṣūl al-fiqh .

supporting documents

1. ↑ Cf. Makdisi 434

literature

• George Makdisi: Ibn ʿAqīl et la résurgence de l'islam traditionaliste au xi ^e siècle (v ^e siècle de l'Hégire) . Damascus 1963.
• George Makdisi: Art. "Ibn ʿAqīl" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition Vol. III, pp. 699a-700b.