Dr. Jonathan AC Brown - The Sahifa of Imam Reza as a Centerpiece of Confessional Ambiguity

Published by Hartford Seminary on Nov 10, 2016 "The confessional ambiguity between the spheres of Sunnism and Shi’ism at various points in Islamic history is well known. But what is surprising is to see it appear among those Sunni scholars most known for antipathy towards Shi’ism, such as the Ahl al-Hadith of the eighth-twelfth centuries CE. This presentation will look at how the persona and Hadith collection of Ali Reda (d. 818) served as a centerpiece for such confessional ambiguity, particularly in Persia from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries." Source:    • The Sahifa of Imam Reza as a Centerpiece o...