Imam Abu Ja‘far al-Tahawi and his creed in the writings of Tatar theologian Sh. Marjani

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of texts from the manuscript and printed works of Shihab al-Din al-Marjani (d. 1889), in which this Tatar historian and theologian speaks of the great Hanafiimam Abu Ja‘far al-Tahawi (d. 933) and his work “al-‘Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah” also known as “Bayan al-Sunna wa-l-Jama‘ah” Historical and theological works of al-Marjani were studied, such as “Wafiyyat al-aslaf”, “Muqaddimat kitab Wafiyyat al-aslaf”, “al-‘Azb al-furat”, “Nazurat al-haqq” and others. As a result, it turned out that Shihab al-Din al-Marjani highly appreciates the knowledge and works of this Egyptian medieval scholar of Islam. Al-Marjani considers him to be the Mujtahid of the Hanafi Madhhab and the third-century rejuvenator of faith (Mujaddid) in Hijra. And his work “Bayan al-Sunna” recognizes as the very first Sunni source in which the dogmas of the righteous predecessors (al-Salaf al-Salih) of Islam are collected and recorded.