The al-Fiqh al-akbar (“The Great Fiqh”) is one of the principal texts of early Sunni kalām, attributed to Abū Ḥanīfa (d. 150 H / 767 C.E.). The tract is named by Voorhoeve in the introduction to the 1955 edition of the two Malay treatises of Nūruddīn ar-Rānīrī as the source of one of the additional sects that the *Maʿrifat al-madhāhib* adds, in some manuscripts, to the seventy-two Islamic sects: the Jismiyya or Mujassimiyya.
The addition to the Maʿrifat al-madhāhib
The *Maʿrifat al-madhāhib* — the schematic overview of the seventy-two Islamic sects that is one of the principal sources of the *Tibjān* of Raniri — adds, in some manuscripts, one further sect derived from the al-Fiqh al-akbar of Abū Ḥanīfa: the Jismiyya or Mujassimiyya — those who attribute a body (jism) to God. The addition is recorded by Voorhoeve in the introduction to the 1955 edition: “after the seventy-two sects, some manuscripts add seven further sects drawn from a work of Abū’l-Qāsim ar-Rāzī — a mystic who died in 378 H — and one sect drawn from the al-Fiqh al-akbar of Abū Ḥanīfa: the Jismiyya or Mujassimiyya.”
Significance
The al-Fiqh al-akbar is one of the principal texts of early Sunni kalām and one of the sources of the additional sects that the *Maʿrifat al-madhāhib* adds, in some manuscripts, to the seventy-two Islamic sects. Its attribution to Abū Ḥanīfa makes it one of the earliest authorities cited in the textual tradition of the schematic classification of Muslim heresies — a tradition that was carried, through the Maʿrifat al-madhāhib, to the *Tibjān* of Raniri and so to the Malay-Indonesian world.
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Source
Twee Maleise geschriften van Nūruddīn ar-Rānīrī: in facsimile uitgegeven met aantekeningen door P. Voorhoeve. Uitgaven van de Stichting De Goeje, No. 16. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1955. Inleiding §2b (“De bronnen van de Tibjān”), pp. 13–15.
The al-Fiqh al-akbar (“The Great Fiqh”) is one of the principal texts of early Sunni kalām, attributed to Abū Ḥanīfa (d. 150 H / 767 C.E.). The tract is named by Voorhoeve in the introduction to the 1955 edition of the two Malay treatises of Nūruddīn ar-Rānīrī as the source of one of the additional sects that the *Maʿrifat al-madhāhib* adds, in some manuscripts, to the seventy-two Islamic sects: the Jismiyya or Mujassimiyya.
The addition to the Maʿrifat al-madhāhib
The *Maʿrifat al-madhāhib* — the schematic overview of the seventy-two Islamic sects that is one of the principal sources of the *Tibjān* of Raniri — adds, in some manuscripts, one further sect derived from the al-Fiqh al-akbar of Abū Ḥanīfa: the Jismiyya or Mujassimiyya — those who attribute a body (jism) to God. The addition is recorded by Voorhoeve in the introduction to the 1955 edition: “after the seventy-two sects, some manuscripts add seven further sects drawn from a work of Abū’l-Qāsim ar-Rāzī — a mystic who died in 378 H — and one sect drawn from the al-Fiqh al-akbar of Abū Ḥanīfa: the Jismiyya or Mujassimiyya.”
Significance
The al-Fiqh al-akbar is one of the principal texts of early Sunni kalām and one of the sources of the additional sects that the *Maʿrifat al-madhāhib* adds, in some manuscripts, to the seventy-two Islamic sects. Its attribution to Abū Ḥanīfa makes it one of the earliest authorities cited in the textual tradition of the schematic classification of Muslim heresies — a tradition that was carried, through the Maʿrifat al-madhāhib, to the *Tibjān* of Raniri and so to the Malay-Indonesian world.
See Also
Source
Twee Maleise geschriften van Nūruddīn ar-Rānīrī: in facsimile uitgegeven met aantekeningen door P. Voorhoeve. Uitgaven van de Stichting De Goeje, No. 16. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1955. Inleiding §2b (“De bronnen van de Tibjān”), pp. 13–15.