Alāʾal-Dīn al-Bājī علاء الدين الباجي | |
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| Title | Alāʾal-Dīn |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1234 Uncertain; possibly Badajoz |
| Died | 1315 (aged 80–81) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Medieval era |
| Region | Middle East |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic theology (kalam), Islamic jurisprudence, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Hadith |
| Occupation | Jurist, Scholar, Islamic Theologian, Legal theoretician |
| Muslim leader | |
Influenced | |
ʿAlāʾal-Dīn Abū l-Ḥassan Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman ibn al-Khaṭṭāb commonly known as Alāʾal-Dīn al-Bājī (Arabic: علاء الدين الباجي) was a Sunni Egyptian scholar of Moroccan origin. He was a prominent Shafi'i jurist and considered a leading legal theoretician and Ash'arite theologian of his day. He was known as a polemicist, skilled debater, meticulous, a verifier, scrutinizer, penetrating researcher, and one of the most prominent dialecticians of his day.[1][2]