Anonymous user
Al-Ma'mun: Difference between revisions
→Arguments for al-Ma'mun's Shiism
imported>Pourghorbani |
imported>Pourghorbani |
||
| Line 119: | Line 119: | ||
'''Permitting temporary marriage''': [[mut'a]] or temporary marriage is a matter of dispute between Shi'as and Sunnis. When [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] prohibited temporary marriage, subsequent caliphs as well as many Sunni scholars prohibited it, but al-Ma'mun permitted temporary marriage, despite oppositions. When [[Yahya b. Aktham]], al-Ma'mun's chief justice and a Sunni scholar, told al-Ma'mun that 'Ali (a) also prohibited temporary marriage, he withdrew from its permissibility out of respect for Ali (a).<ref>Nāẓimīyān Fard, ''Maʾmūn wa miḥnat'', p. 71; Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, ''Tārīkh Baghdād'', vol. 4, p. 199.</ref> | '''Permitting temporary marriage''': [[mut'a]] or temporary marriage is a matter of dispute between Shi'as and Sunnis. When [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] prohibited temporary marriage, subsequent caliphs as well as many Sunni scholars prohibited it, but al-Ma'mun permitted temporary marriage, despite oppositions. When [[Yahya b. Aktham]], al-Ma'mun's chief justice and a Sunni scholar, told al-Ma'mun that 'Ali (a) also prohibited temporary marriage, he withdrew from its permissibility out of respect for Ali (a).<ref>Nāẓimīyān Fard, ''Maʾmūn wa miḥnat'', p. 71; Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, ''Tārīkh Baghdād'', vol. 4, p. 199.</ref> | ||
'''Official announcement of the superiority of Imam Ali (a) over caliphs''': according to reliable Shiite and Sunni sources, al-Ma'mun held a meeting with 40 prominent Sunni scholars of the time and debated the superiority of Imam 'Ali (a) over other caliphs with them. He won the debate and they admitted the superiority of Imam 'Ali (a) after the demise of [[the Prophet Muhammad (s)]].<ref>Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, ''al-ʿIqd al-farīd'', vol. 5, p. 349-359.</ref> Moreover, in 212/827, al-Ma'mun announced the superiority of Imam 'Ali (a) over [[Abu Bakr b. Abi Quhafa]] and 'Umar b. al-Khattab.<ref>Suyūṭī, ''Tārīkh al-khulafāʾ'', p. 364.</ref> | '''Official announcement of the superiority of Imam Ali (a) over caliphs''': according to reliable Shiite and Sunni sources, al-Ma'mun held a meeting with 40 prominent Sunni scholars of the time and debated the superiority of Imam 'Ali (a) over other caliphs with them. He won the debate and they admitted the superiority of Imam 'Ali (a) after the demise of [[the Prophet Muhammad (s)]].<ref>Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, ''al-ʿIqd al-farīd'', vol. 5, p. 349-359.</ref> Moreover, in 212/827-8, al-Ma'mun announced the superiority of Imam 'Ali (a) over [[Abu Bakr b. Abi Quhafa]] and 'Umar b. al-Khattab.<ref>Suyūṭī, ''Tārīkh al-khulafāʾ'', p. 364.</ref> | ||
'''Aversion to praising Mu'awiya''': in 211/826-7, al-Ma'mun expressed his antipathy to those who praised [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]], and punished such people.<ref>Suyūṭī, ''Tārīkh al-khulafāʾ'', p. 364.</ref> | '''Aversion to praising Mu'awiya''': in 211/826-7, al-Ma'mun expressed his antipathy to those who praised [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]], and punished such people.<ref>Suyūṭī, ''Tārīkh al-khulafāʾ'', p. 364.</ref> | ||