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Talbīs Iblīs

"one of the major works of Ḥanbalī polemic [...], in which he attacks not only the various sects more or less outside Sunnism (k̲h̲awārid̲j̲, rawāfiḍ, muʿtazila, falāsifa, bāṭiniyya, etc.), but also, within Sunnism, all those whom he considered responsible for having introduced into the dogma or the law of Islam innovations which were to be condemned (bidʿa): fuḳahāʾ, traditionists, statesmen and, above all, ṣūfiyya, among whom men such as Abū Ṭālib al-Makkī, al-Ḳus̲h̲ayrī and al-G̲h̲azālī, with many others, are vigorously attacked" (Enc. Islam); "eine wichtige Quelle zur Geschichte der Mystik und des Sektenwesens" (Brockelmann, S I)