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- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari learned kalam from Abu Ali al-Jubba'i, shaykh of the Mu'tazila and the leading theologian of his age at Basra, and was one of his best pupils, near to succeeding him 1 2 3. From this period comes the report of his question to his master about three brothers, one pious, one an unbeliever, and one who died young; when al-Jubba'i answered on Mu'tazilite premises al-Ash'ari pressed him with questions until he was silenced, a debate counted among the preliminaries of his break with the Mu'tazila 1 4.
His other teachers
Al-Dhahabi records that al-Ash'ari also took from Abu Khalifa al-Jumhi, Zakariyya al-Saji and Sahl ibn Nuh and their contemporaries, transmitting from them with isnad extensively in his tafsir 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari· al-Jubba'i· Mu'tazila
- Occurred at
- Basra
People and things also explored
Al-Ash'ari publicly renounces Mu'tazilism in the Great Mosque of Basra, 300/912-13· Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari· al-Jubba'i· Basra· Al-Ash'ari composes Maqalat al-Islamiyyin and his refutations of the Mu'tazila· Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari is born at Basra, 260/873-4· Al-Ash'ari moves to Baghdad late in life· Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari dies at Baghdad, 324/935-6
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
- Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Dar al-Risala al-Alamiyya edition) , 15/85
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 743
- Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Dar al-Risala al-Alamiyya edition) , 15/86
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Ash'ari, al-Jubba'i's pupil at Basra, and the three brothers debate”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/al-ashari-studies-jubbai-basra/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.