Siraj al-Din al-Ushi

Siraj al-Din al-Ushi
سراج الدين الأوشي
TitleImam al-Haramayn
("the Imam of the two Sanctuaries")
Personal
Born
Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Died575 A.H. = 1179–80 A.D.
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionTurkestan, Transoxiana (Central Asia)
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Main interest(s)Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Hadith studies
Notable work(s)Bad' al-Amali, Al-Fatawa al-Sirajiyyah
Muslim leader

Siraj al-Din 'Ali ibn 'Uthman al-Ushi al-Farghani (Arabic: سراج الدين علي بن عثمان الأوشي الفرغاني) was a Hanafi jurist, Maturidi theologian, hadith expert (muhaddith), Chief Judge or Supreme Judge (Qadi al-Qudah or 'Aqda al-Qudah as he was also called), and researcher who has ferreted out facts and established them (muhaqqiq).[1] He is probably best known for his work on a confession of faith in rhyme entitled al-Qasida al-Lamiyya fi al-Tawhid, also called Bad' al-Amali or from the opening words Qasidat Yaqulu al-'Abd.[2]

  1. ^ "Al-Fatawa al-Sirajiyyah Arabic Hanafi Fiqh, Siraj ad-Din AL-Ushi". Kitaabun Books-Classical and Contemporary Muslim and Islamic Books.
  2. ^ "Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936)". Brill Online Reference Works.