Bidayat al-Mujtahid

Name: Bidayat al-Mujtahid
Author: Averroes Ibn Rushd

by Averroes Ibn Rushd

Islamic jurisprudence on legal reasoning and religious obligation

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Averroes Ibn Rushd

Andalusian philosopher whose extensive commentaries on Aristotle earned him the title 'The Commentator' in medieval Europe. His defense of philosophy against Al-Ghazali's attacks sparked the most important intellectual controversy in medieval Islamic thought. Through his commentaries, Aristotelianism was reintroduced to Western scholasticism.

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The Incoherence of the IncoherenceRefutation of Al-Ghazali defending Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy
Commentaries on AristotleExtensive commentaries interpreting and explaining Aristotle's works
The Book of the Decisive TreatiseDefense of philosophical inquiry as compatible with Islamic theology
On the Harmony of Religion and PhilosophyReconciliation of philosophical reason with revealed Islamic truth