The purpose of this book is to introduce the thought of an Imami Shiʻi scholar who lived and worked in Baghdad at the turn of the eleventh century and was the first of a line of scholars who helped establish a role for....
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The fourth/tenth century Shia theologian and jurist al-Shaykh al-Mufid discusses juristic authority in his main...
Read More »Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Noʻmān (Shaykh Mofīd)
Place of birth: Baghdad Place of Demise: Baghdad Born Sheikh-e Mufīd, Muhammad, the son of Muhammad, the son of No’mān Sheikh was born on 11th Dhul Qa’dah, 336 Hijra (or 338 A.H. according to Sheikh Tusi) in Ukbara near Baghdad. He grew up under the care of his father who taught him …
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