The Ta'wil Method of Zamakhshari's Hadiths

Abstract

Abu'l-Qasim Mahmud b. 'Umar al-Zamakhshari (d. 538/1143) is one of the significant Mu'tazilite scholars who raised in the Harezm region. Zamakhshari, who lived in a period when science and literature reached its peak, wrote about fifty books on many fields, such as tafsir, hadith, kalam, fiqh, language and literature. His works have been appreciated and valued by the scholars. This study tries to examines how the hadiths of Zamakhshari are interpreted with ta'wil in the context of madhabs. Ru'yetullah (Seeing Allah), great sin, intercession, belivers-action relationship, the punishment of the grave, eye touching and involving issues such as increased longevity traditions te'vil methods within the framework of sectarian views are discussed. As it can be understood from the examples undertaken that asides from a few exceptional circumstances, it has been established that the hadith's of Zamakhshari were interpreted with ta'wil on topics which were generally dependent on itiqad within the fundamental principles framework of Mu'tazilites.