Muhammad Abu Mansur al-Maturidi(853 A.D. - 333 AH / 944 A.D.) (Persian: محمد بن محمد بن محمود أبو منصور ماتریدی سمرقندی حنفی) was a Persian Muslim theologian, and a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence and Qur'anic exegesis. Al Maturidi is one of the pioneers of Islamic Jurisprudence scholars and his two works are considered to be authoritative on the subject. He had a "high standing" among the scholars of his time and region.
He was born in Maturid ...
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Muhammad Abu Mansur al-Maturidi(853 A.D. - 333 AH / 944 A.D.) (Persian: محمد بن محمد بن محمود أبو منصور ماتریدی سمرقندی حنفی) was a Persian Muslim theologian, and a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence and Qur'anic exegesis. Al Maturidi is one of the pioneers of Islamic Jurisprudence scholars and his two works are considered to be authoritative on the subject. He had a "high standing" among the scholars of his time and region.
He was born in Maturid near Samarqand, (possibly) in 853. He was educated in Islamic theology, Qur'anic exegesis, and Islamic jurisprudence. He was a Muslim theologian and his background is claimed as Persian. The area of Samarkand was at his time under the Samanid Persian dynasty and its urban population were predominately Persian while the surrounding steppes was largely populated by Turkic-speaking nomads.
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...
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