Mumin al-Tāq and his theological method

AbuJafar, Muhammad bin Ali bin al-Numan –Mumin al-Tāq- is one of remarkable students of Imam Sadiq. He was contemporary with theologians like Hushām bin Hakam and Hushām bin Salim and was active in the field of theology. He resided the city of Kufah, which in its interactive environment and especially beside the competitor currents like Iraqian school of hadith (ahli ḥadith), and Mutazilites or Zaidis and Kharijites, left attractive debates as memorial. He took advantage of both methods of rational reasoning and also argumentations driven from the traditions in his debates. Apparent affinity with the opponent, coming up as a seeker of truth, posing questions and asking the opponent, asking instead of answering, making opponent to confess, behavior instead of speech, analogy, allegory and historical testimonies, solving the falsities by clarifying the terminology are from the methods that Mumin al-Tāq used in his theologian argumentations.