This study examines a work by Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-ʿĀmilī (918–984/1512–1576) in which he provides the supposed transcript of a private debate he held with a Ḥanafī jurist in Aleppo in 951/1544–45. In it, Ḥusayn claims to have converted his Sunni acquaintance to Shiite Islam through skilled argument and adduction of proof. It is argued here that he modified what may originally have been a debate on the relative merits of the Shāfiʿī and Ḥanafī legal schools to focus on Sunni-Shiite polemics, including the relative merits of the Jaʿfarī legal school and the status of the Companions of the Prophet. He probably recorded the debate in 961–63/1554–56, shortly after his arrival in Safavid territory, in an attempt to curry favour with and attract the patronage of Shah Tahmasb or other Safavid officials.
| Yazar: | Devin J. Stewart |
| Yayın: | Shii Studies Review |
| Cilt: | 6 |
| Sayı: | 1-2 |
| Sayfa: | 3–75 |
| Tarih: | 2022 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/24682470-12340079 |
| ISSN: | 2468-2470 |
| URL: | https://brill.com/view/journals/ssr/ |
