Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra'

Abū Yaʿlā Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Ibn al-Farrāʾ (April 990 – 15 August 1066), commonly known as al-Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā or simply as Ibn al-Farrāʾ, was a Hanbali Jurist, Athari theologian.[3]

Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra'
Titleal-Qāḍī
Personal
Born380 A.H / 990 C.E.
Died458 A.H / 1066 C.E.
ReligionIslam
EraGolden Age of Islam
DenominationSunni
SchoolHanbali
CreedAthari[1]
Main interest(s)Fiqh, Aqidah, principles of Islamic jurisprudence
Notable work(s)al-Mu'tamad Fī Usūl al-Dīn, al-Aḥkām al-Sulṭāniyya, Ibtal al-Tawilat
Muslim leader
Influenced

Abu Ya'la was a Mujtahid scholar, judge, and one of the early Muslim jurists who played dynamic roles in formulating a systematic legal framework and constitutional theory on Islamic system of government during the first half of 11th century in Baghdad.[4]

Works

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al-Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā authored many works, including:

  • Kitāb al-Muʿtamad fī Uṣūl al-Dīn
  • al-Aḥkām al-Sulṭāniyya
  • Ibṭāl al-Taʾwīlāt li-Aḫbār al-Sifāt
  • al-ʿUdda fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh

See also

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References

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  1. ^ S. Islam, Adem Eryiğit, Jaan, Adem (2022). "5: The Compiled Fatwas, the Prophetic Way against the Shiʿites, and "Islamic Governance" on the Importance of Islamic Government". Islam and the State in Ibn Taymiyya: Translation and Analysis. 605 Third Avenue, New York, USA: Routledge. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-032-13183-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Maevskaya, Ludmila; Aga, Khaisam Muhammad. "Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra' (990-1066 CE) and the influence of his ideas on the formation of the views of Ibn Taymiyyah (1263-1328 CE)". Pharos Journal of Theology (105(3)). doi:10.46222/pharosjot.105.31. ISSN 2414-3324.
  3. ^ S. Islam, Adem Eryiğit, Jaan, Adem (2022). "5: The Compiled Fatwas, the Prophetic Way against the Shiʿites, and "Islamic Governance" on the Importance of Islamic Government". Islam and the State in Ibn Taymiyya: Translation and Analysis. 605 Third Avenue, New York, USA: Routledge. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-032-13183-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Abdul Azeez, Yusuf; Shah Suratman, Azmi; Salamon, Hussin; Awang, Ramli (2014). "Al-Qāḍī Abū Ya'lā: thoughts and influence on the development of legal theory of Islamic civilization and sciences of jurisprudence". UMRAN – International Journal of Islamic and Civilizational Studies. 1: 1. Retrieved 20 March 2016.