A description of new Ibadi manuscripts

عنوان مترجم من الانجليزية

ترجمة مقتبسة من : عمرو النامي مسيرة عطاء، لسلطان الشيباني
عنوان المقال الاصلي
A description of new Ibadi manuscripts from North Africa,
Journal of Semitic Studies, Oxford, (1970) 15 (1), 63-87.

This work was originally the English part of a thesis submitted to Cambridge University in 1971 for the Ph.D. D. degree. The publication is made without any alteration. The Arabic texts of that thesis will be published separate in due course.

Présentation

As Ibadhis have always lived in simple remote communities their laws were not affected by changes of environment or time, and remained in their original form. Ibadhis always tried to live according to the divine law, and to adapt it wherever they were and at all time. Special rules for the different stages of politico – religious situations were formed at an early stage according to which the Ibadhi community had to maintain its existence.
There remains a great deal to be done to form a clearer picture of the Ibadhi communities and their development in different fields of activity. Very little is known about the present situation in the various Ibadhi countries and these Ibadhi communities need close study. There is still also a large body of original Ibadhi works on Hadith, law, theology, history and to their files of knowledge which deserves attention, and an extensive amount of new material awaits patient examination and thorough inspection in order to have a more complete view of the Ibadhi school.