Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
Shaykh al-Islam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi Imam
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أبو منصور الماتريدي | |
Tomb of al-Maturidi, Samarkand | |
| Title | Shaykh al-Islam ('Shaykh of Islam') Imam al-Huda ('Leader of Guidance')[1] |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 852 CE (238 AH)[2] |
| Died | 944 CE (333 AH; aged 90–91)[2] |
| Resting place | Chokardiza cemetery, Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age (mid Samanid) |
| Region | Samanid Empire |
| Main interest(s) | Theology Jurisprudence Philosophy |
| Notable idea(s) | Maturidism |
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| Occupation | Scholar Jurist Theologian |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Muslim leader | |
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| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Muḥammad محمد |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd بن محمد بن محمود |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū Manṣūr أبو منصور |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Māturīdī al-Samarqandī الماتريدي السمرقندي |
Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Maturidi as-Samarqandi | |
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Tomb of al-Maturidi, Samarkand | |
| Venerated in | Sunni Islam[3] |
| Major shrine | Mausoleum of Imam al-Maturidi, Samarkand |
Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi[a] (Arabic: أَبُو مَنْصُورٌ المَاتُريدِيّ, romanized: Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī; 853–944) was a Hanafi jurist and theologian who is the eponym of the Maturidi school of kalam in Sunnism. He got his nisba from Māturīd, a district in Samarkand. His works include Tafsir al-Maturidi, a classic exegesis of the Qur'an, and Kitab al-Tawhid.
His doctrinal school remains amongst the three main schools of theology alongside Ash'arism and Atharism.
- ^ Ayub, Zulfiqar (2015). Biographies of The Imams & Scholars. Zulfiqar Ayub. p. 141. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ a b Nasir, Sahilun A. "The Epistemology of Kalam of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi." Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies 43.2 (2005): 349-365.
- ^ a b MacDonald, D. B. (2012) [1936]. "Māturīdī". In Houtsma, M. Th.; Arnold, T. W.; Basset, R.; Hartmann, R. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition. Vol. 3. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/2214-871X_ei1_SIM_4608. ISBN 9789004082656.
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