Ibn Qutayba’s response to the Mu’tazilite

Year 2016, , 57 - 70, 15.06.2016

Usman Gani

https://doi.org/10.15370/maruifd.238365

Abstract

The aim of this article will be to provide specific details of how the

Mu‘tazilites differed and what arguments they used against the Ahl al-Ģadīth when

they based their legal rulings from the Ģadīth. Specific reference will be given to the

work of Ibn Qutayba’s Ta’wīl Mukhtalif al- Ģadīth, whose work comprises of a theological

treatise in defence of the Prophetic Ģadīth, which also attempts to find acceptable

interpretations for Ģadīth that the Mu‘tazilites considered problematic. Special focus

will be drawn to the legal Ģadīth, which the Mu‘tazilites considered unacceptable and

therefore rejected them because they did not conform to their rationale.

Keywords

Ģadīth, Ahl al-Ģadīth, Mu‘tazilite, Mutawātir, Khabar al-Wāhid

İbn Kuteybe'nin Mutezile'ye cevabı

Abstract

Makale, Mu’tezile’nin Ehli Hadis’ten nasıl farklılaştığını ve hadiste ne tür bir

metodoloji takip ettiğini ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Makalede özellikle hadis

müdâfaasında önemi haiz olan ve Mutezile’nin problemli gördüğü hadislere dair

kabul edilebilir yorumlar içeren İbn Kuteybe’nin Tevilu Muhtelifü’l-hadîs isimli

kitabı bağlamında konu ele alınmaktadır. Makalede ayrıca Mutezile’nin akla uygun

olmadığı gerekçesiyle kabul etmediği ahkâmla ilgili hadislerin analizine özellikle

yoğunlaşılmaktadır.

Keywords

Hadis, Ehli Hadis, Mutezile, Mütevatir, Haber-i Vâhid

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