The contradiction between Ibn Teymieh’s opinion and Sunni scholars’ regarding the occasion of revelation of the verse of Wilayah

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 استادیار دانشگاه تهران
2 دکتری مدرسی معارف اسلامی پردیس فارابی دانشگاه تهران
Abstract
 Most of the Sunni scholars have clearly specified that the occasion of revelation of the verse of Wilayah is about Imam Ali (A.S). Ibn Teymieh is the first who has clearly denied this occasion and claimed that there is a consensus on the falsehood of this occasion. The present writing discusses his claim about the consensus on the falsehood of this occasion. In doing so, the exegetical books of Sunni scholars, until Ibn Teymieh’s time, and the narrations of the Companions of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) about this occasion are gathered and their chain of narrations are analyzed. And his claim that this occasion is not mentioned by Sunni scholars is proved to be inaccurate. On the contrary, there is a consensus on the accuracy of this occasion and people like Baqavi, Tabari and Ibn Hatam have mentioned this narration, while Ibn Teymieh has claimed that these people have not mentioned this narration.
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