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classical Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari

Founder of the Ash'ari school of theology. Originally a Mu'tazili, he returned to ...

classical Abu Bakr ibn Furak

A leading Ash'ari theologian and Shafi'i jurist who compiled the most compreh...

classical Abu Bakr al-Baqillani

The foremost systematizer of Ash'ari theology and author of Tamhid al-Awa'il. Served as a diplom...

classical Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini

A prominent Ash'ari theologian and Shafi'i jurist of Nishapur. A contemporary o...

medieval Abu al-Ma'ali al-Juwayni

...amayn for his years teaching in Mecca and Medina. A leading Ash'ari theologian and Shafi'i jurist, and the teacher of Imam al-G...

medieval Nasir ad-Din al-Baydawi

...studied tafsirs in Islamic seminaries. A Shafi'i jurist and Ash'ari theologian.

modern Muhammad al-Amin al-Herari

...in Mecca and became a leading authority in Shafi'i fiqh and Ash'ari theology. Known for his encyclopedic work refuting deviant ...

medieval as-Sanusi

Algerian Ash'ari theologian, author of 'Umm al-Barahin,' the most widely stu...

medieval al-Iji

Ash'ari theologian and Shafi'i judge, author of 'al-Mawaqif,' one o...

modern Ibrahim al-Bajuri

...d author of widely studied commentaries on Shafi'i fiqh and Ash'ari theology.

ottoman al-Laqqani

... and author of 'Jawharat at-Tawhid,' a famous creed poem on Ash'ari theology that is widely memorized.

medieval al-Izz ibn Abd al-Salam

...al-Ulama (King of the Scholars), a great Shafi'i jurist and Ash'ari theologian of Damascus (577-660 AH). He famously defied the...

medieval Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

... philosophy, theology, science, and law. A master of kalam (Ash'ari school), his approach was influential but also criticized b...

medieval Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Brilliant Ash'ari theologian and polymath, author of Mafatih al-Ghayb (the Gr...

classical Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari

Founder of the Ash'ari school of theology, the most widespread Sunni theological s...

medieval al-Juwayni

... al-Haramayn, teacher of al-Ghazali and one of the greatest Ash'ari theologians and Shafi'i jurists.

medieval al-Sanusi (theologian)

...an Maliki scholar whose Sanusiyya creed became the standard Ash'ari theological text in the Muslim world.

tabii Bilal ibn Abi Burda

Kufan judge and grandson of the Companion Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, known as a hadith narrator whose career combined scholarsh...