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Jahm bin Safwan

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “controversial islamic theologian who attached himself to hārith b”. Today it says “islamic theologian of the umayyad period and whose name has given rise to the jahmiyya moniker”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Contemporary to Him”.
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Islamic theologian (c.696–c.745 CE) For JAHM, see Jewish American Heritage Month Jahm bin Safwan ( Arabic : جَهْم بن صَفْوان , romanized : Jahm bin Ṣafwān ) was an Islamic theologian of the Umayyad period and whose name has given rise to the Jahmiyya moniker. During his lifetime, he attached himself to the rebel leader Al-Harith ibn Surayj , a dissident in Khurasan . He was executed in 745 by Salm ibn Ahwaz . Reliable historical information about Jahm is sparse, coming from sources antagonistic towards him from later periods. Worlds of Islam - Welten des Islam - Mondes de l'Islam (1.

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controversial islamic theologian who attached himself to hārith b

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islamic theologian of the umayyad period and whose name has given rise to the jahmiyya moniker

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