Al-Juwayni

al-Juwayni
TitleImam al-Haramayn[1]
Sheikh ul-Islam[1]
Ḍiyā' al-Dīn[1]
Personal
Born17 February 1028
Boštanekān, Jowayin County, near Nishapur, Greater Khorasan, Persia, now Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Died20 August 1085 (aged 57)
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionPersia, Hejaz, Iraq
DenominationSunni Islam
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari[2][3]
Main interest(s)Islamic theology (kalam), Islamic jurisprudence, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence
Notable idea(s)Al-Irshad
Al-Burhan
Nihayat al-Matlab fi Dirayat al-Madhhab
OccupationIslamic Scholar, Muslim Jurist, Theologian
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced

Dhia' ul-Dīn 'Abd al-Malik ibn Yūsuf al-Juwaynī al-Shafi'ī (Persian: امام الحرمین ضیاءالدین عبدالملک ابن یوسف جوینی شافعی, 17 February 1028 – 20 August 1085;[4] 419–478 AH) was a Persian[5] Sunni scholar famous for being the foremost leading jurisconsult, legal theoretician and Islamic theologian of his time.[6][7] His name is commonly abbreviated as al-Juwayni; he is also commonly referred to as Imam al-Haramayn meaning "leading master of the two holy cities", that is, Mecca and Medina.[1][8] He acquired the status of a mujtahid in the field of fiqh and usul al-fiqh.[9] Highly celebrated as one of the most important and influential thinkers in the Shafi'i school of orthodox Sunni jurisprudence, he was considered as the virtual second founder of the Shafi'i school, after its first founder Imam al-Shafi'i.[10] He was also considered a major figurehead within the Ash'ari school of theology where he was ranked equal to the founder, Imam al-Ash'ari. He was given the honorific titles of Shaykh of Islam, The Glory of Islam, The Absolute Imam of all Imams.[11]

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  6. ^ Kamali, Mohammad (2021). Shariah and the Halal Industry. Oxford University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-19-753861-6.
  7. ^ Beebe, John (2003). Terror, Violence, and the Impulse to Destroy Perspectives from Analytical Psychology. Daimon. p. 115. ISBN 978-3-85630-628-1.
  8. ^ Musharraf, Muhammad Nabeel. The waraqat of Imam Al-Haramayn Al-Juwayni, a classical manual of usulal fiqh.
  9. ^ Picken, Gavin N (2011). Islamic Law Volume 3. Routledge. pp. 16–18. ISBN 978-0-415-47281-4.
  10. ^ Ahmed, Ahmad.a (15 March 2012). The Fatigue of the Shari'a. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-230-34036-7.
  11. ^ Gibril Fouad Haddad (2 May 2015). THE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE ELITE LIVES OF THE SCHOLARS, IMAMS & HADITH MASTERS Biographies of The Imams & Scholars. Zulfiqar Ayub. pp. 189–190.