Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi
  1. Jaʿfar ibn Mubashshir al-Thaqafī*—a dialectical theologian, Abū Muḥammad al-Baghdādī, jurist, and gifted orator.
    Although branded an innovator, he was nonetheless praised for his asceticism, devotion, and chastity. He produced numerous writings and had wide-ranging mastery of the sciences.
    Among his works are: the Book of Beverages; a book on the Sunan; the Book of Ijtihād; the Book on the Inerrancy of the Prophets; the Book of Proof against the People of Innovation; the Book entitled “What Is Ijmāʿ?”; the Refutation of the Anthropomorphists, Jahmites, and Rāfiḍites; the Refutation of the Partisans of Analogical Reasoning; and the large Book of Traditions, in addition to other valuable treatises.
    Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Nadīm records that he died in 234 AH (1).
    He had a brother who was likewise a Muʿtazilite dialectician, Ḥubaysh ibn Mubashshir, though inferior to Jaʿfar in learning.

And among them is the erudite scholar:

  1. Abū al-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Ḥarb al-Hamadhānī**—a Muʿtazilite, noted worshipper, and one of the ascetics of the school, who also authored several works.
    It is said that he once attended the court of Caliph al-Wāthiq for a theological disputation; when the time for prayer arrived, he stepped forward
(*) Tabaqat al-Muʿtazila, pp. 76-77; Ibn al-Nadim, Al-Fihrist, p. 208; Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 7, p. 162; Lisan al-Mizan, vol. 2, p. 121; Aʿyan al-Shiʿa, vol. 16, pp. 105-106; Tadhkira Tahir al-Jazaʾiri, vol. 13, p. 1. (1) Al-Fihrist, p. 208. (* *) Al-Masʿudi, Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. 7, p. 231; Tabaqat al-Muʿtazila, pp. 73-76; Ibn al-Nadim, Al-Fihrist, p. 213; Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 7, pp. 162-163; Lisan al-Mizan, vol. 2, p. 113.
١٨٠ - جَعْفَرُ بنُ مُبَشِّرٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ * المُتَكَلِّمُ، أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ البَغْدَادِيُّ، الفَقِيْهُ، البَلِيْغُ. كَانَ مَعَ بِدْعَتِهِ يُوْصَفُ بِزُهْدٍ وَتَأَلُّهٍ وَعِفَّةٍ، وَلَهُ تَصَانِيْفُ جَمَّةٌ، وَتَبَحُّرٌ فِي العُلُوْمِ. صَنَّفَ: كِتَابَ (الأَشْرِبَةِ) ، وَكِتَاباً فِي (السُّنَنِ) ، وَكِتَابَ (الاجْتِهَادِ) ، وَكِتَابَ (تَنْزِيْهِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ) ، وَكِتَابَ (الحُجَّةِ عَلَى أَهْلِ البِدَعِ) ، وَكِتَابَ (الإِجْمَاعِ مَا هُوَ) ، وَكِتَابَ (الرَّدِّ عَلَى المُشَبِّهَةِ وَالجَهْمِيَّة وَالرَّافِضَةِ) ، وَ (الرَّدِّ عَلَى أَرْبَابِ القِيَاسِ) ، وَكِتَابَ (الآثَارِ) الكَبِيْرَ، وَأَشْيَاءَ مُفِيْدَةً. ذَكَرَهُ: مُحَمَّدُ بنُ إِسْحَاقَ النَّدِيْمُ، وَأَنَّهُ تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَثَلاَثِيْنَ وَمائَتَيْنِ (١) . وَلَهُ أَخٌ مُتَكَلِّمٌ مُعْتَزِلِيٌّ، يُقَال لَهُ: حُبَيْشُ بنُ مُبَشِّرٍ، دُوْنَ جَعْفَرٍ فِي العِلْمِ. وَمِنْهُمُ العَلاَّمَةُ: ١٨١ - أَبُو الفَضْلِ جَعْفَرُ بنُ حَرْبٍ الهَمَذَانِيُّ ** المُعْتَزِلِيُّ، العَابِدُ، كَانَ مِنْ نُسَّاكِ القَوْمِ، وَلَهُ تَصَانِيْفُ. يُقَالُ: إِنَّهُ حَضَرَ عِنْدَ الوَاثِق لِلْمُنَاظَرَةِ، ثُمَّ حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ، فَتَقَدَّمَ
(*) طبقات المعتزلة: ٧٦، ٧٧، الفهرست لابن النديم: ٢٠٨، تاريخ بغداد ٧ / ١٦٢، لسان الميزان ٢ / ١٢١، أعيان الشيعة ١٦ / ١٠٥، ١٠٦، تذكرة طاهر الجزائري ١٣ / ١. (١) " الفهرست ": ٢٠٨. (* *) مروج الذهب للمسعودي ٧ / ٢٣١، طبقات المعتزلة: ٧٣ - ٧٦، الفهرست لابن النديم: ٢١٣، تاريخ بغداد ٧ / ١٦٢، ١٦٣، لسان الميزان ٢ / ١١٣.

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