The Emendation of A Shi‘ite Creed

 

The Emendation of A Shi‘ite Creed

Author: Shaykh al-Mufid

Translator(s): Irfan Abdul Hamid

Categories: Theological library.

The Emendation of A Shi‘ite Creed

This text is a translation of Tashihu ‘l-I‘tiqad of Shaykh al-Mufid and discusses the intellectual relationship between the Mu‘tazilite school of thought and Shi‘ism, which constitutes, as the late Prof. Macdonald noticed, “the great mystery of Muslim history”, was referred to by many classical as well as modern scholars, and the different opinions expressed by them on this complicated subject.