Al-Tawhid (book): Difference between revisions

Likewise, [[Hadith]] promoters from among [[Sunni]]s and [[Shi'a]], set forth particular books with the title al-Tawhid to present their opinions based on [[verse]]s of the [[Qur'an]] and narrations. Aside from [[al-Tawhid lil-Mufaddal]] -that is believed to have been stated under the authority of Imam al-Sadiq (a) - some individuals like: [[Ibn Abi al-Khattab]] (d.[[262]]/876) and [['Ali b. Husayn Babiwayh]] (d.[[329]]/941), the father of [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]], have authored books about al-Tawhid too. Furthermore, within Hadith collections like [[al-Kafi]], a specific chapter titled: al-Tawhid, is dedicated to this topic. Similar situation existed among Sunnis in the late third to fourth centuries; in addition to Ibn Khuzayma, some individuals like: Ibn Minda ([[310]]/922-[[395]]/1005) in al-Tawhid wa ma'rifat asma' Allah ta'ala, and Hafiz Darqutni ([[306]]/918-[[385]]/995) in al-Tawhid wa al-sifat and each of [[Bukhari]], [[Muslim]], [[Abu Dawud]] and [[Ibn Maja]] within their Hadith collections and under titles like: Kitab al-Iman (the chapter on Faith) or al-rad ala al-jahmiyya (refuting [[Jahmiyya]]) have dealt with the issues of [[Tawhid]] and divine attributes. Historically speaking, in the fourth/tenth century, with the emergence of a gradual weakness in Mu'tazila school and the start of consolidation of [[Ash'ari]] school, the field of narrations started to play major roles in [[theological]] matters and among the theological works within this narrative-inclined movement, probably the book al-Tawhid written by Ibn Khuzayma and the chapter al-Tawhid of ''al-Kafi'' were noteworthy to al-Saduq.