The Nõbakhti's Approach to Mutazilite and Imamiah Theologians

The most famous Imamieh theologians in Baghdad during the minor absence (gheybati șoghrã) were Abū Sahl Isma’il ibn Ali and Abu Moĩammad Hassan ibn Mūsa Nõbakhti who had a significant role in the transfer of the Imamieh theological heritage to later theologians like Mufid and Sayyid Murtada. Since there are differences between the Imamieh thoughts during Mufid and Sayyid Murtada on the one hand and the views of the theologians during the presence (hudūr) of Imams, such as Hishamain and Mumin al-Taq and the former was rather close to Mutazilite views, some scholars hold that the Nõbakhtis had a major role in the development of Imamieh theology and its colvergence with Mutazilite theology, and in fact, the Nõbakhtis have propagated the Mutazilite rationalism among Imamieh theologians. This paper tries to reject this accusation and investifate the influence of the Nõbakhtis on Imamieh scholars by way of the comparison between the views of the two groups.