Sulaym ibn Qays
Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilālī al-ʿĀmirī | |
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| Born | Unknown Kufa, Iraq |
| Died | Before 714 Now Bandegan, Iran |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Early Islamic period |
| Notable work(s) | Kitab Sulaym ibn Qays (The Book of Sulaym ibn Qays) |
Sulaym ibn Qays al-Hilālī al-ʿĀmirī (
He is the purported author of an early
Biography
Historicity
Much of the information about Sulaym comes from
Ibn al-Nadim himself, as well as later biographers including al-Tusi, relied on the
The Twelver scholars Ahmad ibn Ubayda (d. 941) and Abu Abd Allah al-Ghadhanfari (d. 1020) based their denial of the existence of Sulaym's book on three factors: a segment in the book indicates there were thirteen
Traditional account
Early life
Sulaym ibn Qays was born near the place where
Immigration to Medina
It is documented that Sulaym moved to
Final days
In 694, Sulaym fled to
O the son of my brother, I am about to leave this world, as Prophet has informed me so.[2]
Eventually, Sulaym entrusted all of his writings that he had compiled to Aban.[6] Aban had made a solemn oath not to talk of any of the writings during Sulaym's lifetime and that after his death he would give the book only to trustworthy Shi'a of Ali.[2][6] He died before al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, who died in 714 CE (95 AH).[7]
Writings
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Islam portal • CategoryA book was falsely attributed to him, which became known as the
The precise dating of this work is not clear. The modern scholar Hossein Modarressi dates the original core of this work to the final years of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik's reign (r. 724–743), which would make it one of the oldest Islamic books that are still extant.[8] However, the fact that it contains so many later additions and alterations may render it impossible to reconstruct the original text.[9] Two individual passages which have been the subject of a case study have been dated to c. 762–780 and to the late 8th or early 9th century, respectively.[10]
This book documents prophetic traditions concerning Imam
- "O people, the legal power (al-Wilaya) is granted only to Ali ibn Abi Talib and the trustees from my progeny, the decedents of my brother Ali. He will be the first, and his two sons, al-Hasan and al-Husayn, will succeed him consecutively. They will not separate themselves from the Qur'an until they return to Allah."[1] Most of the book is directly attributed to Muhammad himself.[1]
According to Modarressi, following in this the famous Shi'a Quran exegete
References
- ^ ISBN 1438414269Pg. 15 and 17
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ibn Qays, Sulaym. The Book of Sulaym Ibn Qays al-Hilālī. Trans. Muḥammad Bāqir. Al-Anṣārī. Bayrūt: Dār Al-Ḥawrāʼ, 2005. Print. Pg. 7 and 8
- ^ a b c d e f g h Djebli 1960–2007.
- ^ Modarressi 2003, pp. 82–83.
- ^ Gleave 2015, pp. 85–86.
- ^ ISBN 1481747878pg. 275 and 276
- ^ Djebli 1960–2007; Modarressi 2003, p. 82.
- ^ Modarressi 2003, p. 83.
- ^ Gleave 2015, p. 86, citing Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi.
- ^ Gleave 2015, pp. 86, 102.
- ^ Modarressi 2003, p. 84.
Bibliography
- Djebli, Moktar (1960–2007). "Sulaym b. Ḳays". In .
- Gleave, Robert M. (2015). "Early Shiite hermeneutics and the dating of Kitāb Sulaym ibn Qays". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 78 (1): 83–103. S2CID 170561609.
- ISBN 1-85168-331-3.
External links
- Kitab al-Sulaym ibn Qays (English)
- Kitab al-Sulaym ibn Qays (Urdu)
- Kitab al-Sulaym ibn Qays (Arabic)
- [1] (English)
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