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  "ar": "عبد الجبار الهمذاني",
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  "ar": "متكلم معتزلي شافعي الفقه، أبو الحسن، وُلد نحو سنة 325هـ، ودُعي إلى الري سنة 367هـ / 978م، وتوفي سنة 415هـ / 1025م. صنّف «المغني» الذي بقي أغلبه، و«تثبيت دلائل النبوة». {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}",
  "en": "Mu'tazili theologian, a Shafi'i in law, Abu l-Hasan. He was born about 325, was called to Rayy in 367/978 by Ibn 'Abbad, and was appointed chief qadi of the province. He died in 415/1025. His major work al-Mughni has largely survived, and his treatise on prophecy is extant. He is described as the chief figure of the last phase of Mu'tazilism. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}",
  "ur": "معتزلی متکلم، شافعی فقیہ، جو 325 کے قریب پیدا ہوئے، 367/978 میں رے بلائے گئے اور 415/1025 میں وفات پائی۔ ان کی المغنی کا بیشتر حصہ محفوظ ہے۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}"
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   "source": "Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed. (Brill), vol. 1, PDF pp. 78–79; read from Apple Vision OCR",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "عبد الجبار الهمذاني متكلم معتزلي، شافعي في الفقه، ويكنى أبا الحسن. وُلد نحو سنة 325هـ، ودعاه ابن عباد إلى الري سنة 367هـ / 978م، وكان حاكمها القوي آنذاك، فولّاه قضاء الإقليم، ولذلك يسميه المعتزلة المتأخرون قاضي القضاة. وتوفي سنة 415هـ / 1025م. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}"
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    {
     "heading": "عزله",
     "markdown": "بعد وفاة ابن عباد عزله فخر الدولة وحبسه، بسبب كلمة قالها في حق مولاه الراحل. ولا يذكر المصدر إن كان قد أُعيد إلى منصبه. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 79}"
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    {
     "heading": "مؤلفاته وأثره",
     "markdown": "بقي معظم كتابه الكلامي الكبير «المغني» في مخطوطات بصنعاء، وبعض مجلداته في القاهرة. وجمع تلميذه ابن متويه كتاباً في عقيدته سماه «المحيط بالتكليف». وفي «تثبيت دلائل النبوة» يناقش آراء المذاهب الأخرى، وبخاصة الشيعة، وله شرح على «الأصول الخمسة». وأكثر ما يُعرف من مذهبه جاء من كتّاب الزيدية في اليمن الذين حفظوا كتبه ونقلوا آراءه. وتصفه المقالة بأنه أبرز أعلام آخر مراحل الاعتزال، وتقول إن تعاليمه لم تُدرس بعد. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78–79}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani was a Mu'tazili theologian and a Shafi'i in law, known as Abu l-Hasan. He was born about 325 and was called to Rayy in 367/978 by Ibn 'Abbad, the powerful ruler of that region. He was appointed chief qadi of the province, which is why later Mu'tazili writers call him qadi al-qudat. He died in 415/1025. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Downfall",
     "markdown": "After Ibn 'Abbad died, the ruler Fakhr al-Dawla deposed and arrested him for a slighting remark about his late patron. The record does not say whether he was restored to office. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 79}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Works and influence",
     "markdown": "His main dogmatic work, al-Mughni, survives in large part, in manuscripts in San'a and some volumes in Cairo. His pupil Ibn Mattawayh compiled a handbook of his dogmatics, al-Muhit bi-l-Taklif. His monograph on prophecy, Tathbit Dala'il Nubuwwat Sayyidina Muhammad, discusses the views of other schools, especially the Shi'a. He also wrote a commentary on the Usul al-Khamsa. Much of what is known of his system comes from later Zaydi writers in Yemen, who preserved his books and quoted his opinions. The entry calls him the chief figure of the last phase of Mu'tazilism and says his teaching has not yet been studied. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78–79}"
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    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "عبدالجبار ہمدانی معتزلی متکلم اور فقہ میں شافعی تھے، جنہیں ابوالحسن کہا جاتا ہے۔ وہ 325 کے قریب پیدا ہوئے، 367/978 میں ابن عباد نے انہیں رے بلایا اور وہاں کے قاضی القضاۃ مقرر ہوئے۔ 415/1025 میں وفات پائی۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "معزولی",
     "markdown": "ابن عباد کی وفات کے بعد فخر الدولہ نے ایک نامناسب جملے پر انہیں معزول اور قید کر دیا۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 79}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تصانیف اور اثر",
     "markdown": "ان کی بڑی کلامی کتاب «المغنی» کا بیشتر حصہ محفوظ ہے۔ ان کی تعلیمات زیدی مصنفین کے ذریعے بچی ہیں۔ مقالہ انہیں معتزلی فکر کے آخری دور کا سب سے بڑا نام کہتا ہے، اور لکھتا ہے کہ ان کی تعلیمات کا ابھی تک مطالعہ نہیں ہوا۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 78–79}"
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