Islamic Culture and Relations Organization Spektrum Iran 0934-358X 31 2 2018 06 01 Early Responses to al-Ḥaira Early Responses to al-Ḥaira 63 71 190354 DE Andrew J. Newman University of Edinburgh, England Journal Article 2024 02 15 Ibn Bābawaih’s al-Faqīh has received much attention by scholars in the field<br />of Shiʻi studies, especially, Western-language authors. However, his several<br />other collections of the Imams’ aḥādith have received less attention.<br />Focusing on Ibn Bābawaih’s Kamāl ad-Din and ʻUyūn Aḫbār ar-Riḍā, texts<br />assembled in the first suggest that what seem today to be some very basic<br />points of Twelver Shiʻi doctrine were, in fact, both disputed within the<br />community and under challenge from other discourses outwith that<br />community. According to this study, portions of the second (ʻUyūn Aḫbār<br />ar-Riḍā) suggest that some segments of the community were coming out of<br />the period of al-Ḥaira addressed by Kamāl.<br /><br /> Ibn Bābawaih’s al-Faqīh has received much attention by scholars in the field<br />of Shiʻi studies, especially, Western-language authors. However, his several<br />other collections of the Imams’ aḥādith have received less attention.<br />Focusing on Ibn Bābawaih’s Kamāl ad-Din and ʻUyūn Aḫbār ar-Riḍā, texts<br />assembled in the first suggest that what seem today to be some very basic<br />points of Twelver Shiʻi doctrine were, in fact, both disputed within the<br />community and under challenge from other discourses outwith that<br />community. According to this study, portions of the second (ʻUyūn Aḫbār<br />ar-Riḍā) suggest that some segments of the community were coming out of<br />the period of al-Ḥaira addressed by Kamāl.<br /><br /> https://www.spektrumiran.com/article_190354_42d4f6f39a5d93e0e83de1f0a5c9db1a.pdf