By Ilyass Amharar Why This Essay Belongs on the Islamic Law Blog My first essay established that the encounter between Mālikism and Ashʿarism cannot be relegated to a late, politically motivated Almoravid (448–541/1056–1147) or Almohad (524–668/1130–1269) synthesis. From the very first generation of al-Ashʿarī’s (d. 324/936) disciples, it is a Mālikī jurist, Ibn Mujāhid (d. ca. 370/980), who embodies their alliance, and it is another Mālikī, al-…
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