Biography:Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi

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Short description: Arab Shafi'i scholar, Heresiologist and Mathematician
Abū Manṣūr al-Baghdādī
Personal
Bornc. 980
Baghdad[1]
Died1037 (429 AH)[1]
(aged c. 56–57)
Isfarain[1]
ReligionIslam
EthnicityArab
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i[1]
CreedAsh'ari[2][3]
OccupationMathematician

Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Qāhir ibn Ṭāhir bin Muḥammad bin ʿAbd Allāh al-Tamīmī al-Shāfiʿī al-Baghdādī (Arabic: أبو منصور عبدالقاهر ابن طاهر بن محمد بن عبدالله التميمي الشافعي البغدادي) was an Arab[4] Shafi'i scholar, Usul Imam, heresiologist and mathematician.

Early life and education

'Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi was born and raised in Baghdad.[5] He was a member of the Arab tribe of Banu Tamim.[4] He received his education in Nishabur and subsequently taught 17 subjects, including law, usul, arithmetic, law of inheritance and theology.[1] Most of the scholars of Khurasan were his pupils.[1] Ibn 'Asakir writes that Abu Mansur met the companions of the companions of Imam al-Ashari and acquired knowledge from them.[6]

Works

'Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi wrote several books including Kitāb Uṣūl al-Dīn, a systematic treatise, beginning with the nature of knowledge, creation, how the Creator is known, His attributes, etc.... and Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq which takes each sect separately, judges all from the standpoint of orthodoxy and condemns all which deviate from the straight path.[1] Both books were major works on the beliefs of Ahl al-Sunna.[5]

He also wrote the treatise al-Takmila fi'l-Hisab which contains results in number theory, and comments on works by al-Khwarizmi which are now lost.

See also

  • List of Ash'aris
  • List of Arab scientists and scholars

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Gibb, H. A. R., ed (1960). "The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume I: A–B". Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 909. OCLC 495469456. https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/search?s.q=&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-2&search-go=Search. 
  2. ↑ Anthony, Sean (2011). The Caliph and the Heretic: Ibn Sabaʾ and the Origins of Shīʿism. Brill. p. 72. ISBN 9004216065. 
  3. ↑ Adang, Camilla; Fierro, Maribel; Schmidtke, Sabine (2012). Ibn Hazm of Cordoba: The Life and Works of a Controversial Thinker (Handbook of Oriental Studies) (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. p. 387. ISBN 978-90-04-23424-6. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Al-Baghdadi biography". http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Al-Baghdadi.html. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Keller, Nuh Ha Mim (1997). Reliance of the Traveller. A classic manual of Islamic Sacred Law. Beltsville, Maryland: Amana Publications. p. 1021. ISBN 0915957728. 
  6. ↑ McCarthy, Richard J. (1953). The Theology of Al-Ashari. Imprimerie Catholique. p. 179. 

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