Further, when _Muhammed ben Ahmed Aljanáîd_, who was eminent in analogy,[568] and _Hassen ben Hassáîn ben Alí, ben Abí âkîl_, a lofty scholastic theologian, appeared, and were violent jurists; in their time, the circle of teaching and learning the common religion being in the colleges and schools, they studied the book of theology, and the book of the fundamentals of the common religion; but as they did not possess all the expertness required for the science of the fundamentals of religion and for that of theology, which were derived by tradition from the Imáms, they adapted to the common religion some among the subjects of scrutiny in the science of scholastic theology, and in that of the fundamentals of theology: and made choice of a doctrine which was a mixture of the doctrine of the Akhbárîns and of that of the common religion, and so laid the foundation of rational dialectics.[569] After them, _Shaikh Mafíd_, “the beneficent Shaikh,” (the mercy of God be with him!) that is, the Shaikh _Abú Jâfr_, on account of heedlessness and of the good opinion of those two eminent men, conformed himself to them, and he formed, in scholastic theology and in fundamental jurisprudence, a system of doctrine, mixing with that of the common religion that of the Akhbarîn, and that of the _Aśulîn_, “solid reasoners;” on that account, the learned of the Imámíyat sect divided into _Akhbárîn_ and _Asulîn_. Likewise _Alámah hallî_, “the most learned ornament,”[570] that is, Shaikh _Jemál eddin mátaher_, has exhausted to the utmost this subject, in the discussion about prophecy and unity, and at last the _sharh movákef_,[571] “explanation of the stations” and the origins of the book of religions and attributes have also been elucidated by it. When shaikh _Mafíd, istáz-îlm alihadî_, “the teacher of the science of direction,” that is, _Saíd Mírtasí_, lived, and was the _istáz rais al taifah_, “chief teacher of the sect,” this religion was diffused among the learned of the Jmámîyat, until the time of the most learned of the East and the West, _Alámah-hallí_; and as, penetrating into the depth of knowledge, he, _Alámah-halli_, surpassed in the sciences _Ebn Janaíd_, and _Ebn abî âkîl_, and the shaikh _Mafîd_; they gave a greater expansion and currency to the mixt religion in the book of scholastic and fundamental theology, and in the controversial dialectics relative to faith and law, established the mixt religion. As the _ahádís_,[572] “traditions” of the common religion, on the subjects of revelation and unity, were not exempt from adulterations, they published the series of traditions in their own book, divided into four parts. And Alámah-hallî (the mercy of God be with him!) on account of heedless confidence divided into four parts the traditions of his book, and the book of the sect of the _Mahakah_, “the asserters of truth,” in such a manner as was also manifested by the _Ilm ilahadî_, “the science of