- Abu Mansur Al Maturidi
Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud Abu Mansur al-Samarqandi al-Maturidi al-Hanafi (Arabic: محمد بن محمد بن محمود أبو منصور الماتريدي السمرقندي الحنفي, [Turkish: "Ebu Mansur el-Matüridî") (d. 333 AH / 944 CE) was a
Muslim theologian .Born in
Maturid nearSamarqand , he was educated in Muslim theology and juristic sciences.His Teachers were Abu Nasr Ahmed b. Abbas b. Husayin al-Iyazi, Abu Bakr Ahmed b. Ishak b. Salih el-Juzjani (writer from Al-Farq wat Tamyiz),Nusayr b. Yahya al-Balkhi and Qadilqudat Muhammad b. Mukatil ar-Razi.
Abu Nasr al-Iyazi was his Teacher and Friend. Abu Bakr al-Juzjani was the pupil of Abu Sulayman Musa b. Sulayman el-Juzjani which was the pupil of Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad Ash-Shaybani. Muhammad b. Mukatil did learn from Imam Muhammad as-Shaybani too.
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi wrote mostly against other sects, mainly
Mu'tazili s,Qarmati , andShi'a .His theology is almost identical to that of
Ash'ari s. His followers are chiefly those of areas where theHanafi school of law is prevalent, such asTurkey ,Afghanistan ,Central Asia ,Pakistan andIndia .Works
* "Kitab Al
Tawhid " ('Book of Monotheism')
* "Kitab Radd Awa'il al-Adilla", a refutation of aMu'tazili book
* "Radd al-Tahdhib fi al-Jadal", another refutation of aMu'tazili book
* "Kitab Bayan Awham al-Mu'tazila" ('Book of Exposition of the Errors ofMu'tazila )
* "Kitab Ta'wilat al-Qur'an" ('Book of the Interpretations of the Quran')
* "Kitab al-Maqalat"
* "Ma'akhidh al-Shara'i` inUsul al-Fiqh "
* "Al-Jadal fi Usul al-Fiqh "
* "Radd al-Usul al-Khamsa", a refutation of Abu Muhammad al-Bahili's exposition of the Five Principles of the Mu'tazila
* "Radd al-Imama", a refutation of the Shi`i conception of the office of Imam;
* "Al-Radd `ala Usul al-Qaramita"
* "Radd Wa`id al-Fussaq", a refutation of the Mu`tazili doctrine that all grave sinners will be eternally in hell fire.ee also
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Maturidi
*Ash'ari External links
* [http://www.sunnah.org/history/Scholars/al_maturidi.htm Biography]
* [http://www.salafimanhaj.com/pdf/SalafiManhaj_Maturidi.pdf Detailed Life and Biography of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi]
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