Analytical Criticism of Ibn Taymiyyah's Various Doubts Related to the Verse "Maudt"

Abstract

One of the verses cited by Shiite scholars regarding the obligation of loyalty to the Ahl al-Bayt (PBUH) and obedience to them and proving the Imamate of the Imams is known as the verse of "Maudt". Ibn Taymiyyah is one of the scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah who, by proposing various historical, conceptual, exemplary, literary, and theological doubts, has tried to limit the true meaning of the interpretation of "modeh fi al-qurabi" to maintaining the kinship relationship with the relatives of the Prophet (PBUH) and not harassing them; the implication of this verse is to deny the need for people to refer to Ahl al-Bayt (AS) to know the interpretation of the Qur'an and to accept their Imamate. Therefore, this article was compiled using library sources and in a descriptive-analytical way, with the intention of proving the most fundamental contribution of the Ghadir event; it seeks to answer this question: What are Ibn Taymiyyah's doubts about the verse of Maudt and the criticism of them? Ibn Taymiyyah raised doubts about the surrounding matters of the "Maudt" verse (the honor of the revelation, the place of the revelation, concepts, reasons, and examples, etc.); and the claimant of consensus on the denial of frequent narrations has agreed with the Shiite point of view, and the correctness of Allameh Halli's speech, the implication of definite intellectual evidence and the context of the verse on the Shiite point of view have been doubted and denied.

Keywords

• maudt
• ibn taymiyyah
• doubt