Al-Ash'ari, Ali ibn Isma'il
الأشعري علي بن إسماعيل
874 CE · 260 AH – 936 CE · 324 AH
A Basran theologian to whom the Ash'ari school of kalam is attributed. Little is known of his life beyond this.
At a glance
- Roles
- theologian · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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People and things also explored
The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin· The hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoning· The ten promised Paradise· Signs of the Hour· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Love of the Companions and how to speak of them (in the Tahawi creed)· The sanctity of a Muslim's blood· Ihsan (excellence in worship)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Ash'ari, Ali ibn Isma'il”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-ashari-ali-ibn-ismail/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.