Ja'far ibn al-Mubashshir
جعفر بن المبشر
A Mu'tazilite scholar-ascetic whose brother Hanash led the hadith-folk against him — they swore mutual silence to the grave 1.
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Ja'far ibn al-Mubashshir, one of the scholars of the Mu'tazila, their adept and their ascetic, according to al-Mas'udi. His brother Hanash ibn al-Mubashshir, a scholar among the people of hadith and a leader of the Hashwiyya, was the opposite of him. 2
The dispute
The debate and mutual hostility between them went on for a long time, and each swore that he would not address the other until death. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 183
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.183
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