Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari

Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari
أبو إسحاق الصفّار البخاري
TitleRukn al-Islam (the Pillar of Islam)[1]
Personal
Born460 A.H. = 1067-8 A.D.[2]
Died534 A.H. = 1139 A.D.
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionTransoxiana, modern-day  Uzbekistan
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi[3]
Main interest(s)Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence)
Notable work(s)Talkhis al-Adilla li-Qawa'id al-Tawhid
Muslim leader

Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari (Arabic: أبو إسحاق الصفّار البخاري), was an important representative of the Sunni theological school of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. c. 333/944) and the author of Talkhis al-Adilla li-Qawa'id al-Tawhid (Arabic: تلخيص الأدلّة لقواعد التوحيد) which is a voluminous kalam work.[4][5][6]

He lived in Bukhara under the dominance of West Karakhanids. His theological works, his method in kalam, and frequent reference to his works by Ottoman and Arab scholars indicate that al-Saffar is a respected and authoritative Hanafi-Maturidi theologian who systematically established his ideas about kalam believing that information based upon reason, revealed knowledge and senses are determinative in his area.[7][8]

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  6. ^ "A study of Bukhari's scholastic theology (Ibrahim Ibn Isma'il) Talkhis al-adilla, being a treatise on Hanafi scholastic theory". E-Theses Online Service.
  7. ^ "Abū Ishaq as-Saffār's Kalam Method". ISAM - Center for Islamic Studies.
  8. ^ "Māturīdī Theologian Abū Ishāq al-Zāhid al-Saffār's Vindication of the Kalām". PhilArchive: The Philosophy E-Print Archive.