Critical Assessment of the Text Akida by Abu Jafar Takhav

Abstract

This article contains the information about the content, as well as the analysis of the copies of the manuscripts of the treatise “Akida” by Abu Jafar Takhavi, a famous Egyptian scientist who lived in the 9^th-10^th centuries, famous for his works in the field of hadith, the Koran and dogmatic theology. The work “al-Akidatu-t-Takhaviya” is widely known, and has also been commented on by medieval and modern scholars not only in those countries where the Hanafi school predominates, but also in other regions where other madhhabs “akhlu-s-sunna va’- l-jama’a.” In particular, the article, conducting a codicological analysis of different copies of treatise manuscripts stored in various collections around the world, deeply explores some topics of dogmatic theology. Also, by conducting a comparative analysis of copies of manuscripts of the work, the reasons for the use of certain terms in the same context are assessed from the point of view of dogmatic theology. The article will use the copies of the manuscripts of the treatise, which are stored in Egypt, where the author himself lived, as well as Turkish funds, which are famous for the large number of copies of manuscripts of various Islamic works.