Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Yamān al-Samarqandi (Arabic: أﺑﻮ ﺑﻜﺮ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ اﻟﻴﻤﺎن السمرقندي) was a Sunni-Hanafi scholar from Samarqand, who combined jurisprudence and theology. He paved the way for his compatriot Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 333/944).[1] He opposed the emerging Karramiyya, an anthropomorphist sect.[2][3]
Abu Bakr al-Samarqandi | |
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| Born | Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Yamān al-Samarqandi |
| Died | 268 AH / 881–2 CE Samarqand |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Main interest(s) | Jurisprudence, Theology |
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Works
editThe sources mention the titles of four of his works:[4]
- Kitab al-Anwar.
- Kitab al-I'tisam, was simply dedicated to hadith.
- Kitab al-Radd 'ala al-Karramiyya', a refutation of the Karramites (al-Karramiyya).
- Kitab Ma'alim al-Din ('The Lineaments of the Faith'), the title of the book would seem to present the possibility of directly accessing theological discussions. But a look at the manuscript shows that the theme of the text is completely different. It is confined strictly to argumentation on questions of law, without a single word on theology. There is a manuscript of this book in Mashhad.
Death
editAbu Bakr died in the year 268/881–2 after presumably spending his entire life in his hometown of Samarqand.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ABŪ BAKR SAMARQANDĪ". Encyclopædia Iranica.
- ^ Carl Brockelmann (2017). History of the Arabic Written Tradition; Supplement Volume 1. Translated by Joep Lameer. Brill Publishers. p. 344. ISBN 9789004334625.
- ^ Josef van Ess (2017). Theology and Society in the Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra. Volume 2: A History of Religious Thought in Early Islam. Translated by Gwendolin Goldbloom. Brill Publishers. p. 633. ISBN 9789004344020.
- ^ Ulrich Rudolph (2014). Al-Maturidi and the Development of Sunni Theology in Samarqand. Translated by Rodrigo Adem. Brill Publishers. pp. 74–75. ISBN 9789004261846.
- ^ Ulrich Rudolph (2014). Al-Maturidi and the Development of Sunni Theology in Samarqand. Translated by Rodrigo Adem. Brill Publishers. pp. 74–75. ISBN 9789004261846.
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