Packet 5: Bonus 7

Narratives added to Islam from other religions are called Isra’īlīyyāt (“iss-ra-ee-lee-YAHT”) or “Israelisms,” but some were inspired by worship of this deity. For 10 points each:
[10e] The Quranic angels Hārūt (“hah-ROOT”) and Mārūt (“mah-ROOT”) likely take their names from Haurvatat (“hohr-vuh-TAHT”) and Ameretat (“uh-mehr-uh-TAHT”), two Amesha Spentas that emanate from what chief deity of Zoroastrianism?
ANSWER: Ahura Mazda [or Ormazd or Horomazes]
[10h] Isrā’īlīyyāt were first categorized and rejected by this Qādirī (“KAW-dih-ree”) theologian from the Mamlūk Sultanate. This theologian promoted divine revelation over Aristotle and Avicenna in his Refutation of the Logicians.
ANSWER: Ibn Taymīyya [or Taqī al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Numayrī ibn Taymīyya]
[10m] Ibn Taymīyya was an adherent of this literalist madhhab (“math-heb”), whose founder compiled the largest hadith collection. This smallest of the four major madhhabs is only dominant in parts of the Arabian Peninsula.
ANSWER: Hanbali school [or Hanbalism; accept Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal]
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