Abu Bakr al-Samarqandi

Abu Bakr al-Samarqandi
Abu Bakr al-Samarqandi
Personal
Born	Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Yamān al-Samarqandi; Samarqand
Died	268 AH / 881–2 CE; Samarqand
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Main interest(s)	Jurisprudence, Theology
Notable work(s)	Kitab al-Anwar; Kitab al-I'tisam; Kitab al-Radd 'ala al-Karramiyya; Kitab Ma'alim al-Din;
Senior posting
	Influenced Abu Mansur al-Maturidi;

Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Yamān al-Samarqandi (Arabic: أﺑﻮ ﺑﻜﺮ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ اﻟﻴﻤﺎن السمرقندي) was a Sunni-Hanafi scholar from Samarqand, who combined jurisprudence and theology. He paved the way for his compatriot Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 333/944).^[1] He opposed the emerging Karramiyya, an anthropomorphist sect.^[2]^[3]

^ "ABŪ BAKR SAMARQANDĪ". Encyclopædia Iranica.
^ Carl Brockelmann (2017). History of the Arabic Written Tradition; Supplement Volume 1. Translated by Joep Lameer. Brill Publishers. p. 344. ISBN 9789004334625.
^ Josef van Ess (2017). Theology and Society in the Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra. Volume 2: A History of Religious Thought in Early Islam. Translated by Gwendolin Goldbloom. Brill Publishers. p. 633. ISBN 9789004344020.

[1] "ABŪ BAKR SAMARQANDĪ". Encyclopædia Iranica.

[2] Carl Brockelmann (2017). History of the Arabic Written Tradition; Supplement Volume 1. Translated by Joep Lameer. Brill Publishers. p. 344. ISBN 9789004334625.

[3] Josef van Ess (2017). Theology and Society in the Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra. Volume 2: A History of Religious Thought in Early Islam. Translated by Gwendolin Goldbloom. Brill Publishers. p. 633. ISBN 9789004344020.

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