Moḥammad b. Yaḥya b. Aḥmed Ḥanash His life, knowledge and methodology through his book Yāqūtat al-Ghayāṣaḥ

Abstract

This research seeks to introduce the scholar Muḥammad b. Yaḥya Ḥanash and publish a brief biography of him. The researcher tried to collect information about him from all available historical sources and references, and tried as much as possible to document, collect, and present a complete picture of him in this study. No study or research has been conducted on the scholar Hanash before. The researcher used the historical method and the descriptive analytical method. This research is the first work that talks about his life and biography through the biographical books that talked about him, and through his writings, especially his book “Yāqūtat al-Ghayāṣaḥ al-Jāmeʿa li-Maʿānī al-Khulāsah al-Nāfiʿa,” which is a book on theology. Through it, we can know the author's method in responding to those who disagree with the followers of Islamic and non-Islamic sects and groups on the issue of monotheism and transcendence of God Almighty, and what befits Him of attributes and what is not, and his method of presenting evidence and demonstrating the argument against them, and thus he arrives at establishing the Zaidi principles in the science of theology, and that the principles on which monotheism and justice are based for them are the most correct principles in transcending God Almighty from what is not befitting Him of attributes and states. Among the most prominent results of the research is that the jurist Hanash was limited to teaching and writing only, and that he was one of the great Zaidi scholars of his time, and that his book " Yāqūtat al-Ghayāṣaḥ " is his most famous and most important book in the science of theology; as it was adopted as a curriculum for students in science circles for a long period of time. Among the most important recommendations of the research is to include an investigation of all his works; as he has works in doctrine and jurisprudence, as well as to include shedding more light on his life, and studying his works and his Zaidi intellectual heritage.