Survival of Individual Soul from Ibn Rushd􀀂s Viewpoint

An important subject of resurrection is the issue of individual survival and it is emphasized on by teachings of divine religions; however, followers of Ibn Rushd attribute the denial of human individual resurrection to him who is a great Islamic philosopher. Some of the Ibn Rush􀀇s statements confirm this attribution because for him, human soul is abstract, he does not believe in physical resurrection and for him, numerical plurality is exclusive to materials. The result of these three introductions leads to the fact that human abstract soul cannot be united after death of the body. Therefore, we should believe in unity of human soul after death. Since Ibn Rush is a Muslim, he should believe in numerical plurality of human souls in resurrection. To deny this attribution to him, some solutions could be proposed. Firstly, we can accept this rule with its apparent meaning in that numerical plurality is existed within materials. Secondly, some of Ibn Rushd􀀇s statements suggest that either he does not always undertake this rule or he takes the concept of material as general and construes it as absolute capability, not physical material. For instance, he recognizes numerical plurality among the superior reasons based on rating integrity.