Sayf al-Din al-Amidi

Sayf al-Din al-Amidi at-Taghlibi
Personal
Born1156
Died1233 (aged 76–77)
ReligionIslam
RegionAyyubid dynasty
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari[1]
Main interest(s)Islamic theology, Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence
Muslim leader

Sayf al-Din al-Amidi or Muhammad al-Amidi[3] (b. 1156; Diyarbakır - d. 1233 in Damascus[3]) was a Kurdish influential jurist. Initially a Hanbalite, Al-Amidi belonged to the Shafi`i school and worked to combine kalam (theology) with existing methods of jurisprudence.[4]

  1. ^ Abrahamov, Binyāmîn (1 Jun 1996). Anthropomorphism and Interpretation of the Qur'an in the Theology of Al-Qasim ibn Ibrahim: "Kitab al-Mustarshid" (Islamic Philosophy, Theology & Science: Texts & Studies). Brill. p. 7. ISBN 978-9004104082.
  2. ^ Al-Safadi, al-Wafa bi-l-wafayat, Volume 21, Page 341
  3. ^ a b "A Treatise on the Division of Theoretical Scholarship". World Digital Library. 1805. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  4. ^ Weiss, Bernard G. "al- Āmidī, Sayf al-Dīn". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_24214.