A Concise Numerical Guide for the Perplexed Shiite: Al-Barqī’s (d. 274/888 or 280/894) "Kitāb al-Aškāl wa-l-qarāʾin"
The peculiarity of Kitāb al-Aškāl wa-l-qarāʾin, the opening section in the printed editions of Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Barqī’s (d. 274/888 or 280/894) Kitāb al-Maḥāsin, is easily discernable: it is sub-divided into chapters bearing numeric titles, from “The Chapter on Three” to “The Chapter on Ten”. Ea...
| Published in: | Arabica |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Arabica
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| Further subjects: | B
Imamism
Shiism
Twelver
literature
hadith
numeric
didactic
andarz
Persian
al-Barqī
Kitāb al-Maḥāsin
Buwayhid
B Imamisme chiisme duodécimain hadith nombres didactique andarz persan al-Barqī Kitāb al-Maḥāsin Bouyides |
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| Summary: | The peculiarity of Kitāb al-Aškāl wa-l-qarāʾin, the opening section in the printed editions of Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Barqī’s (d. 274/888 or 280/894) Kitāb al-Maḥāsin, is easily discernable: it is sub-divided into chapters bearing numeric titles, from “The Chapter on Three” to “The Chapter on Ten”. Each of these chapters contains various Imamite or prophetic traditions whose message is related in one way or another to the number mentioned in its title. Attempting to shed additional light on the Shiite hadith literature prior to its canonization during the Buwayhid era (334/945-447/1055), this article examines the relationship between style and content within this numerical framework. Being the earliest extant Shiite example of a numerical treatise, the present paper sets out to trace the author’s possible sources of inspiration as well as the work’s impact on later generations of Shiite scholars. La particularité du Kitāb al-Aškāl wa-l-qarāʾin, la première section de l’édition publiée du Kitāb al-Maḥāsin d’Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Barqī (m. 274/888 ou 280/894) est facilement reconnaissable: cette section est divisée en chapitres consacrés aux chiffres, allant du « chapitre sur le trois » au « chapitre sur le dix ». Chaque chapitre est ainsi formé de hadiths traitant de différents aspects doctrinaux liés aux chiffres. Le présent article examine la relation entre la forme et le contenu de ces chapitres pour éclairer quelques aspects peu connus du hadith chiite avant sa fixation à l’époque bouyide (334/945-447/1055). Par ailleurs, il s’agit de tenter de trouver les possibles sources d’inspiration de cet ancien recueil chiite sur les nombres et d’examiner son influence parmi les savants chiites postérieurs. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0585 |
| Contains: | In: Arabica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700585-12341384 |