Kamal al-Dīn Maytham ibn Alī (Arabic: كَمَالُ ٱلدِّينِ مَيْثَمُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ, romanized: Kamāl al-Dīn Maytham ibn ʿAlī; 1238–1299), commonly known by the nisba al-Bahrani (Arabic: البحراني, romanized: al-Baḥrānī), was a leading thirteenth-century Bahraini Twelver Shia theologian, author and philosopher. Al Bahrani wrote on Twelver doctrine, affirmed free will, the infallibility of prophets and imams, the appointed imamate of `Ali, and the occultation of the Twelfth Imam.[3] Along with Kamal al-Din Ibn Sa’adah al Bahrani and Jamal al-Din ‘Ali ibn Sulayman al-Bahrani, Maytham Al Bahrani was part of a thirteenth-century Bahrain school of theology that emphasised rationalism.[4]

At the same time, Maytham Al Bahrani was profoundly influenced by the disciplines of philosophy and mysticism.[5] He wrote widely on theology related philosophical issues such as epistemology and ontology.

According to University of Bahrain academic Ali Al Oraibi, Al Bahrani's scholarship was influenced by both Imami and Sunni sources:

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References

  1. ↑ Khāwnsārī, Rawḍāt al-jannāt, vol. 7, p. 216.
  2. ↑ Afandī Iṣfahānī, Rīyāḍ al-ʿulamāʾ, vol. 5, p. 227.
  3. ↑ Juan Cole, Sacred Space and Holy War, IB Tauris, 2007 p33
  4. ↑ Ali Al Oraibi, Rationalism in the school of Bahrain: a historical perspective, in Shīʻite Heritage: Essays on Classical and Modern Traditions By Lynda G. Clarke, Global Academic Publishing 2001 p331
  5. ↑ Ali Al Oraibi, Rationalism in the school of Bahrain: a historical perspective, in Shīʻite Heritage: Essays on Classical and Modern Traditions By Lynda Clarke, Global Academic Publishing 2001 p332
  6. ↑ Ali Al Oraibi, Rationalism in the school of Bahrain: a historical perspective, in Shīʻite Heritage: Essays on Classical and Modern Traditions By Lynda Clarke, Global Academic Publishing 2001 p332
  7. ↑ Ali Al Oraibi, Rationalism in the school of Bahrain: a historical perspective, in Shīʻite Heritage: Essays on Classical and Modern Traditions By Lynda Clarke, Global Academic Publishing 2001 p333
  8. ↑ Ali Al Oraibi, Rationalism in the school of Bahrain: a historical perspective, in Shīʻite Heritage: Essays on Classical and Modern Traditions By Lynda Clarke, Global Academic Publishing 2001 p336
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