Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b Mūsā an-Nawbakhtī (; born late 9th century and died between 912 and 922) was a
Persian and leading Shī'ī theologian and philosopher in the first half of the 10th century. The
Nawbakhtī family boasted a number of scholars famous at the
Abbāsid court of
Hārūn al-Rashīd. Al-Ḥasan ibn Mūsa is best known for his book about the
Shi'a
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...
sects titled ''Firaq al-Shi'a''.
Life
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Mūsa al-Nawbakhti was the nephew of the theologian philosopher
Abū Sahl ibn Nawbakht. Among his fellow translators of books of philosophy were
Abū 'Uthmān al-Dimashqi,
Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, and
Thābit ibn Qurra. It was claimed al-Ḥasan ibn Mūsa was both
Muʿtazila
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and
Shī’a for the Nawbakht family were known followers of ‘Alī.
He transcribed a large number of books and wrote books on theology, philosophy and other topics.
His book ''Firaq aš-šī'a '' (The sects of
Shi'a
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...
)
[See edition Bibliotheca Islamica 4; English translation by ʻAbbās K. Kāẓim: '' Shī'a Sects '' (Kitāb Firaq Al-Shī'a). ]London
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: ICAS Press, 2007. (For the Russian translation of Stanislav Michajlovič Prozorov, see web links.) is the earliest surviving complete work on the Shiite sects, and the oldest text from an imamitic perspective on the differences between the various Islamic sects and their origins within Shiism.
Works
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* ''ar-Radd 'alā' l-ġulāt '
Titles listed in
al-Fihrist
The ''Kitāb al-Fihrist'' ( ar, كتاب الفهرست) (''The Book Catalogue'') is a compendium of the knowledge and literature of tenth-century Islam compiled by Ibn Al-Nadim (c.998). It references approx. 10,000 books and 2,000 authors.''The ...
*''Kitāb al-arā' wa-'d-diyānāt'' (); Doctrines and Religions (unfinished)
*''Kitāb ar-radd alā' aṣḥāb at-tanāsukh'' (); Refutation of Upholders of Transmigration (At-tanāsukh)
*''Kitāb at-tawḥīd wa ḥadīth al-Ilal'' (); Oneness and the Principal Cause
*''Kitāb naqḍ'' () Refutation Book
*''Kitāb Abū ‘Īsā fī ‘l-gharīb al-mashraqī'' (); Refutation of the Book of Abū ‘Īsā about the Unusual Eastern
*''Kitāb Ikhtiṣārī Ikhtiṣār al-kūn wa’l-fasād li-Arisṭālīs'' (); Abridgement of
Aristotle
Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of ...
’s “
De Generatione et Corruptione
''On Generation and Corruption'' ( grc, Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς; la, De Generatione et Corruptione), also known as ''On Coming to Be and Passing Away'' is a treatise by Aristotle. Like many of his texts, it is both scie ...
”
*''Kitāb al-Ihtijāj li ‘Umar ibn ‘Abbād wa nuṣrat madhabuhu'' (); Proof by Umar ibn ‘Abbād and a Defense of his Doctrines
*''Kitāb al-Āmāmat'' (); ‘The Imamate’ (unfinished)
Notes
References
Bibliography
* Abbas Kadhim (transl.): '' Shī'a Sects (Kitāb Firaq Al-Shī'a) ''. London: ICAS Press 2007
* Norman Calder and Jawid Ahmad Mojaddedi: "Classical Islam: A Sourcebook of Religious Literature." Routledge Chapman & Hall. 2003
Online Excerpt
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External links
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al-Nawbakhti, al-Hasan b. Musa. The Shi'ite Sects. Annotated translation from Arabic, Study and Notes by S.M. Prozorov. Moscow, 1973.
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9th-century births
9th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
10th-century deaths
Scholars from the Abbasid Caliphate
History of Islam
Shia Muslims
9th-century Iranian philosophers
10th-century Iranian philosophers