Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Law

Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) 75 must occur. Hence, he concludes, “the compulsion (jabr) of the act is necessary”.^ ...

76 Livnat Holtzman prove that, al-Rāzī uses several arguments, among which the “prepon- derance without a preponderator” argumen ...

Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) 77 Although the Jabrī does not define the term jabr, here he outlines the first part ...

78 Livnat Holtzman the Jabrī’s argument for jabr, in the following manner, which is not men- tioned by the Jabrī himself: the co ...

Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) 79 order to prove the existence of one Creator, and even when he uses ilzām in order ...

80 Livnat Holtzman The Jabrī’s attempt to connect jabr and tawḥīd is refuted by the Sunni several times throughout the dialogue. ...

Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) 81 tive vocabulary and notions into religious discourse.^69 In other words, more than ...

82 Livnat Holtzman Another fundamental assumption of the Jabrī is the impossibility of an infinite regress.^71 While this premis ...

Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) 83 Since the motive (dāʿī) is not one of our actions, and it is the knowledge of the ...

84 Livnat Holtzman ance without a preponderator (tarjīḥ bi-lā murajjiḥ) is impossible, and two, that infinite regress (tasalsul) ...

Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) 85 nem), which, he declares, he adopted from al-Rāzī. He even gives a fairly accurate ...

86 Livnat Holtzman The Sunni gives a statement in the same vein towards the end of the dialogue, but then he uses the term prepo ...

Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) 87 asserts that it is possible that God will command the human being to do what is be ...

88 Livnat Holtzman The second part of this argument, usually entitled “obligating the inca- pable” (taklīf al-ʿājiz), is that ob ...

Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) 89 In al-Maḥṣūl al-Rāzī provides a direct rejoinder to the compari- son between “obli ...

90 Livnat Holtzman a preponderator” argument, the Sunni prefers “complete cause” then “preponderator”. Last but not least, the S ...

Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) 91 an agent of his acts, while God creates his acts, is expressed several times by Ib ...

92 Livnat Holtzman of books, which Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya read and probably memo- rized with his teachers, the theological works ...

Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) 93 debate between a Jabrī and a Sunni. Written from the Sunni’s point of view, chapte ...

Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s Manipulation of Sufi Terms Fear and Hope Gino Schallenbergh Introduction The medieval Ḥanbalī scholar I ...