‘abd al-wahhāb b. aḥmad sha‘rānī (898-973/1492-1565) is to be considered as one of the most important advocates of muḥyī al-dīn ibn ‘arabī (560-638/1164-1240). he has written significant books in defense of and under the inspiration of ibn ‘arabī, the most important of which that can be mentioned are al-yawāqīt wa al-jawāhir, al-kibrīt al-aḥmar, and al-qawā‘id al-kashfiyya. it is worth mentioni...

unity of being (wahdat al-wujud) is the highest form of theunity of god (tawhid) and the fundamental principle oftheoretical mysticism. it was since ibn al-arabi's time in 7thcentury that theoretical mysticism was consistently developed.since then the concept of unity of being has continued toreceive attention and many scholars have written books andtreatises both in proving and rejecting ...

tuhaf al-uqūl is the name of a hadīth collection, the author of which is abu muhammad ḥasan ibn alī ibn ḥussein ibn shu‘bat al-ḥarrānī. he is one of the hadīth narrators of the fourth century (a.h), and according to some sayings, he was one of sheikh mufīd’s preceptors. one of the features of tuhaf al-uqūl is its containing some single hadīths, which have no equivalent in other hadīth collectio...

This study examines the concept of education in perspective Muhammad Ibn’ Abd al-Wahhāb, which is based on his exemplary to Prophet S{allallahu’ alaihi wa Sallam. The da’wah al-Wahhāb raises pros and cons among Muslims. issue fundamental Islam, because for a Muslim, Sallam first figure be followed by words, carried out orders decisions behaviour imitated or emulated. research answers how educat...

This work is the latest product of Albert Dietrich's investigations into the transmission and expansion of the Materia medica of Dioscorides in the medieval Islamic world; here he publishes, with German translation and commentary, a text by the renowned Andalusian physician Ibn Juljul (d. c. 384/994) describing 62 items not mentioned by Dioscorides. Such works were important contributions to th...