The various ideas that were gaining currency and the foreign...

The various ideas that were gaining currency and the foreign elements such as analogical reasoning and preference that had entered Islamic jurisprudence caused him to embark on a program of teaching and reform. Muhammad Fikri Abu ‘l-Nasr, a well-known Egyptian Sunni author, has the following to say with respect to the essence of Shiism: “In its theological principles, Shiism has nothing to do with Abu ‘l-Hasan al-Ash’ari, and in its detailed legal provisions nothing to do with…