Sadr al-Shari'a al-Asghar صدر الشريعة الأصغر | |
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| Title | Sadr al-Shari'a ("preeminent [scholar] of the shari'a") |
| Personal | |
| Died | 747 A.H. = 1346–47 A.D. |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Ma Wara' al-Nahr (the land which lies beyond the river), Transoxiana (Central Asia) |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Tawhid, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Usul al-Fiqh, Hadith studies, Tafsir, Arabic grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Philosophy, Astronomy, Natural sciences |
| Notable work(s) | Ta'dil al-'Ulum, Sharh al-Wiqaya |
| Muslim leader | |
Sadr al-Shari'a al-Asghar (Arabic: صدر الشريعة الأصغر), also known as Sadr al-Shari'a al-Thani (Arabic: صدر الشريعة الثاني), was a Hanafi-Maturidi scholar, faqih (jurist), mutakallim (theologian), mufassir (Qur'anic exegete), muhaddith (expert of the Hadith), nahawi (grammarian), lughawi (linguist), logician, and astronomer, known for both his theories of time and place and his commentary on Islamic jurisprudence, indicating the depth of his knowledge in various Islamic disciplines.[1][2]
His lineage reaches 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit.[3] He was praised by al-Taftazani, and 'Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi.