Views of Nobakhti Theologians in the Middle of Kufa's and Baghdad's Schools

Abu Sahl and Abu Mohammad Nobakhti—two of the most prominent theologians of the Baghdad’s School—have a significant role in the history of Imamis’ theology. On the one hand, they inherited the theological school of Kufa and on the other, they prepared the ground for the theological school of Baghdad (Sheykh Mufid and his pupils). At the same time, the theological views of Nobakhtis are in some respects different from the two schools. Since almost none of these two theologians’ works has arrived us, in this paper we wil examine the available reports of their views and works and seek to recover their theological views regarding different theological issues and explain their ideas particularly where they are different from the views of their priors or posteriors. Nobakhtis’ views were sometimes in harmony with views of the School of Kufa and were sometimes a beginning of the theological views of the School of Baghdad, which comes from turning away from the theological views of the previous theologians.