Hisham b. Salim al-Jawaliqi: Difference between revisions

Sum'ani and Abu l-Hasan al-Ash'ari regard Hisham as the leader of a certain sect called Hishamiyya. They claim that Hisham believed that God had the five senses and a luminous human-like from. These beliefs are attributed to Hisham in some hadiths as well.  

Ayatollah Khoei considers the hadiths that rebuke Hisham as unreliable and thus regards Hisham a trustworthy hadith transmitter.  

Some reports indicate a difference of opinion between Hisham b. Salim and Hisham b. al-Hakam on the topic of tawhid and divine attributes. Some scholars maintain that Hisham b. Salim's belief in God having a form is a position he took against Hisham b. al-Hakam who allegedly believed in God's corporeality.  

On the issue of [[istita'a]], Abu l-Hasan al-Ash'ari reports that Hisham b. Salim held that istita'a was before the action, corporeal, and a part of human beings.