Ibn Kullab
ابن كلاب
Ibn Kullab — the speech-attribute theologian who sat with the Byzantine monk Fityawn 1
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Overview
Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Kullab al-Qattan, whom Ibn al-Nadim describes as one of the Babiyya among the Hashwiyya. He held debates with Abbad ibn Sulayman. 2
His saying and Abbad's criticism
He used to say that the speech of God is God. Abbad said that by this saying he was a Christian. 2
The account of Fathyun
Ibn al-Nadim relates from Abu al-Abbas al-Baghawi that people went in to Fathyun the Christian in the house of the Romans, and that he asked them about Ibn Kullab. He said that Ibn Kullab used to come to him and sit in a corner there, and that he took this saying from him. 2
His books
He wrote al-Sifat (Attributes), Khalq al-Af'al (The Creation of Acts), and al-Radd 'ala al-Mu'tazila (A Refutation of the Mu'tazila). 2
Sources
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.255-256
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