Previous articleNext article No AccessArticleAccommodation and Resistance: Classical Muʿtazilites on Ḥadīth*Racha El-OmariRacha El-OmariUniversity of California – Santa Barbara Search for more articles by this author *I thank Dimitri Gutas, Everett Rowson, Beatrice Gruendler, Wadad Kadi, Intisar Rabb, Denise Soufi, the two anonymous reviewers, and Seth Richardson for their feedback on drafts of this article. I also thank Hasan Ansari and Maurice Pomerantz for copies of al-Jishumī’s (d. 494/1101) manuscripts cited here. All mistakes remain my own.PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Near Eastern Studies Volume 71, Number 2October 2012 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/666732 Views: 63Total views on this site Citations: 7Citations are reported from Crossref © 2012 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Sohaira Z. M. Siddiqui Law and Politics under the Abbasids, 119 (Apr 2019).https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108654784Paul L. Heck Contested Fields, Knowledge Mobility, and Discipline Crystallization, (May 2018): 177–194.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118527719.ch8Usman GANİ Ibn Qutayba’s response to the Mu’tazilite, Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 50, no.2218222182 (Jun 2016): 57–70.https://doi.org/10.15370/maruifd.238365Devin J. Stewart Consensus, Authority, and the Interpretive Community in the Thought of Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī, Journal of Qur'anic Studies 18, no.22 (Jun 2016): 130–179.https://doi.org/10.3366/jqs.2016.0241Ignacio Sánchez Al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 255/869) on Ḥadīth Criticism, Journal of Abbasid Studies 2, no.22 (Nov 2015): 196–219.https://doi.org/10.1163/22142371-12340018Adis Duderija Introduction: The Concept of sunna and Its Status in Islamic Law, (Jan 2015): 1–12.https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137369925_1Usman Ghani The Concept of sunna in Mu‘tazilite Thought, (Jan 2015): 59–73.https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137369925_4