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Literature of difference in Islam

أدب الاختلاف في الإسلام

Author: طه جابر فياض العلواني

About this work

يقدم الكتاب دراسة شاملة لأدب الاختلاف في الإسلام، مستندًا إلى تحليل تاريخي ومقارن بين مختلف المراحل منذ عهد النبوة حتى الفقه المعاصر. يتناول المؤلف في فصوله حقيقة الاختلاف، أنواعه، آدابه، وفوائده، مع استعراض لتجارب الصحابة والتابعين ومواقف العلماء في الخلافات العقائدية والفقهية. كما يسلط الضوء على مناهج الأئمة في الاستنباط وأسباب الاختلاف عبر العصور، مسعياً إلى إحياء البعد الإيماني وتوجيه النقاشات إلى سُبلٍ بناءة.

Translation

The book presents a comprehensive study of the literature of disagreement in Islam, based on a historical and comparative analysis between the various stages from the era of prophecy until contemporary jurisprudence. In its chapters, the author discusses the truth about disagreement, its types, etiquette, and benefits, with a review of the experiences of the Companions and Followers and the positions of scholars in doctrinal and jurisprudential disputes. It also sheds light on the imams’ approaches to deduction and the reasons for disagreement throughout the ages, seeking to revive the faith dimension and direct discussions to constructive paths.

Topics covered

presentation
the introduction
The first chapter explains the truth of the difference and what is related to it
Difference, disagreement, and the science of disagreement
Controversy and “the science of controversy”:
Discord
Acceptance and return of difference
Some benefits of acceptable variation
Sections of disagreement in terms of motives
The opinion of scholars differs
Chapter Two: The history of the difference and its development
The differences between the Companions during the era of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
Interpretation and its types
The people of ijtihad are among the Companions
The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, warned his companions against disagreement
Features of the literature of difference in the era of prophecy
Differences in the era of the Companions and its etiquette
Between Omar and Ali
Between Omar and Abdullah bin Masoud
Between Ibn Abbas and Zaid bin Thabit:
Dirar’s description of “Ali” and Muawiyah’s crying:
Characteristics of the literature of difference during the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphate
Disagreement in the era of the Successors and its etiquette
The impact of political disagreement on doctrinal and jurisprudential differences
Debate between Abbas and the Kharijites:

أدب الدنيا والدين