Al-Tawhid (book): Difference between revisions

Ibn Babiwayh says that he had written this book to respond to the enemies or critics of [[Shi'a]], who accused Shi'a of believing in divine corporeality or predestination, and because of their propaganda, many would not join this sect. The root of such problem goes back to some of [[Ghulat]] who fabricated some narrations about divine corporeality and predestination. Such accusations were mainly made by [[Mu'tazila]]s of the time, like Khayyat who repeatedly mentions these allegations in his ''Intisar''. Sometimes even some Shi'a theologians criticized the [[theological school of Qom]], which was mainly founded on narrative basis in matters of [[theology]], with the fact that these bases would lead to the aforementioned problems. In early fourth century, [[Abu al-Hasan Ash'ari]] attributed to Shi'a the belief in [[Tajsim]] (divine corporeality)  and [[Tashbih]] (divine anthropomorphism) even the traditionalist and narrative-inclined  body of Sunnis that was remarkably involved in more excessive forms of belief in corporeality and predestination, accused Shi'a of exaggerations in affirming divine attributes and corporeality.