Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Barbahari

al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī al-Barbahārī
Personal
Born
252H Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (now Iraq)
Died329H
Abbasid Caliphate
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
(Middle Abbasid era)
RegionCaliphate
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanbali
CreedAthari
Main interest(s)Aqidah
Fiqh
Notable idea(s)Islamic Theology and Islamic Jurisprudence
Known forHis role in suppressing Shia missionaries and Mu'tazilism in the Abbasid Caliphate during the 10th–11th (4th–5th AH) centuries. His books include creedal and methodological refutations against the Shias, Qadaris and Mu'tazilis
Muslim leader
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Al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī al-Barbahārī (867-941 CE) was a Muslim theologian and populist[2] religious leader from Iraq. He was a scholar and jurist who is famous for his role in suppressing S̲h̲īʿa missionaries and Mu'tazilism in the Abbasid Caliphate during his lifetime.[3] His books include creedal and methodological refutations against certain sects including the Shias, Qadaris, and the Mu'tazilites.

  1. ^ Gibb, H.A.R.; Kramers, J.H.; Levi-Provencal, E.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1960]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. I (A–B) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 1040. ISBN 9004081143.
  2. ^ "Commanding right and forbidding wrong". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Princeton University Press. 2013. p. 105. ISBN 978-0691134840. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ "al-Barbahārī". Brill Reference. Retrieved 12 July 2016.