But if rational theology/kalaam was not what you were looking for, then please read Muhammad Asad's quran commentary and Jonathan brown's book on Hadith that I listen above. As‘ad al-Mîhani: None attains the knowledge of al-Ghazzali’s science nor his merit except one who has attained or almost attained perfection in his intelligence. Thats when someone came in and asserted here that Abu Hamid al-Ghazali lead to a time of Islamic decadence that ruined their golden age and lead those. Al-Ghazzali’s student Imam Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Mansur al-Naysaburi al-Shahid: He is the second al-Shafi‘i. This is a great introduction to our 'second scripture'.Īlso, if you want a good ground-up introduction to Islamic theology you should check out this: Imam al-Haramayn: Al-Ghazzali is a quenching sea. After this, you aught to read 'Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy to the Medieval and Modern World'. I recommend nothing (and I mean nothing else- because I've read this one among others and this is the best intro for westerners) other than Muhammad Asad's 'Message of the Qur'an'. If, however, you want something of a more basic 'introduction' to Islamic thought, which I'm guessing is what you actually want. You will also be interested in his Incoherence of the Philosophers, the famous systematic refutation of avicennan philosophy (again if you're interested in these things).

This is the famous Ash'arite (orthodox Islamic theology) thinker's defense of the school's doctrine. Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy.Cambridge Companion to Islamic Theology.

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