Abu Mansur al-Maturidi | |
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أبو منصور الماتريدي | |
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| Born | 853 CE (238 AH)[1] Samarkand, Samanid Empire (modern-day Uzbekistan) |
| Died | 944 CE (333 AH; aged 90–91)[1] Samarkand, Samanid Empire (modern-day Uzbekistan) |
| Resting place | Chokardiza cemetery, Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age (mid Samanid) |
| Region | Samanid Empire |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Notable idea(s) | Maturidism |
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Abu Mansur al-Maturidi | |
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 Tomb-shrine of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi in Samarkand | |
| Venerated in | Sunni Islam[2] |
| Major shrine | Tomb of Imam al-Maturidi, Samarkand |
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (Arabic: أبو منصور الماتريدي, romanized: ʾAbū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī; 853–944) was a Persian Sunni scholar and theologian who is the eponym of the Maturidi school of theology in Sunnism. A follower of the Hanafi school of jurisprudence, al-Maturidi was a leading figure of the Islamic Golden Age.
Born in village Maturid near Samarkand from where he took his nisba, al-Maturidi's teachers include Abu Bakr al-Juzjani and Abu Nasr al-Ayadi. Known as Shaykh al-Islam by contemporaries, al-Maturidi's works include Tafsir al-Maturidi, a classic exegesis of the Qur'an, and Kitab al-Tawhid based on Islamic monotheism. Al-Maturidi's school remains amongst the three main school of theology alongside Ash'arism and Atharism.
- ^ a b Nasir, Sahilun A. "The Epistemology of Kalam of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi." Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies 43.2 (2005): 349-365.
- ^ a b MacDonald, D. B. (2012) [1936]. "Māturīdī". In Houtsma, M. Th.; Arnold, T. W.; Basset, R.; Hartmann, R. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition. Vol. 3. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/2214-871X_ei1_SIM_4608. ISBN 9789004082656.