Description

Al-burhān fī maʿrifat ʿaqāʾid ahl al-adyān is a brief descriptive account of religious groups and sects inside and outside Islam. At a mere 95 pages of text in al-ʿAmūsh’s edition, its descriptions are very brief and to the point.

Within Islam, the book describes sects of the Khawārij, the Murjiʾa, the Muʿtazila and the…