عبد الكريم بن أبي العوجاء
عبد الكريم بن أبي العوجاء
Abd al-Karim ibn Abi al-Awja' — the most famous of the accused zindiqs, author (per al-Mas'udi) of works in the Manichaean, Daysanite and Marcionite doctrines 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Overview
Abd al-Karim ibn Abi al-Awja, a client (mawla), one of the best-known men accused of zandaqa (heterodoxy) in the early Abbasid period. 2
What the two sources report
Al-Mas'udi says that he wrote on the Manichaean, Daysanite and Marcionite doctrines, in which heretics were numerous. Ahmad Amin counts him among those known for zandaqa in that age, alongside the three Hammads, Bashshar ibn Burd, Ibn al-Muqaffa', Mutii' ibn Iyas and Salih ibn Abd al-Quddus. 3
The accusation is attributed to the sources; this page does not rule on it.
Sources
- Duha al-Islam — Ahmad Amin (Hindawi 2012), p. 139, 149
- Duha al-Islam — Ahmad Amin (Hindawi 2012), p.139
- Duha al-Islam — Ahmad Amin (Hindawi 2012), p.149
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islam.museum contributors. “عبد الكريم بن أبي العوجاء”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-abi-al-awja/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.