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بكير بن ماهان

بكير بن ماهان

Bukayr ibn Mahan — reckoned the chief of the Abbasid propagandists in Iraq, alongside Maysara al-Abdi and Abu Salama al-Khallal 1.

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The Umayyad Period
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Levant & Iraq
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بكير بن ماهان من دعاة الدعوة العباسية. نظّمها في العراق مع ميسرة العبدي وأبي سلمة الخلال. ويعدّه طقّوش أهم دعاة العراق. وقاد أبو سلمة الدعوة في الأعوام الخمسة الأخيرة قبل تسلّم بني العباس السلطة. 2

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The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin· الغيبة· علم الكلام· الإمامة· المهدية· نكاح المتعة· الرجعة· الشعوبية

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Dawla al-Abbasiyya — Muhammad Suhayl Taqqush (7th ed. 2009), p. 22
  2. Tarikh al-Dawla al-Abbasiyya — Muhammad Suhayl Taqqush (7th ed. 2009), p.22
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The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin

al-Tahawi's principle of calling the people of the qibla Muslims and believers so long as they accept what the Prophet brought, and of not declaring any of them an unbeliever for a sin unless he declares it lawful.