Nur al-Din al-Sabuni

Nur al-Din al-Sabuni
نور الدين الصابوني
TitleNur al-Din (Light of the Religion)
Personal
Born
Died580 A.H. = 1184 A.D.
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
Region Uzbekistan
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi[1]
Main interest(s)Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence)
Notable work(s)Al-Bidayah min al-Kifayah fi al-Hidayah fi Usul al-Din
Muslim leader
Influenced
  • Shams al-Aimma Muhammad al-Kardari[2]

Nur al-Din al-Sabuni also written as Nuraddin as-Sabuni (Arabic: نور الدين الصابوني), was a 12th century theologian within the Maturidite school of Sunni Islam, and author of Al-Bidayah min al-Kifayah fi al-Hidayah fi Usul al-Din (Arabic: البداية من الكفاية في الهداية في أصول الدين), a summary of Islamic creed (aqida or kalam) of his more comprehensive work al-Kifayah.[3]

  1. ^ Cenap Çakmak (2017). Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia [4 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 1015. ISBN 9781610692175.
  2. ^ 'Abd al-Qadir b. Abi al-Wafa' al-Qurashi (2005). Al-Jawahir al-Mudi'ah fi Tabaqat al-Hanafiyyah. Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon. p. 85. ISBN 9782745147677.
  3. ^ "The Traces of the Hanafi Culture from Semerkand to Cairo". JOURNAL of ISLAMIC RESEARCH.