al-Baghdadi Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir

البغدادي أبو منصور عبد القاهر بن طاهر

Theologian of Baghdad who wrote on the principles of faith, on the createdness of the Qur'an and on the interpretation of ambiguous reports, and on the sects.

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Roles
Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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CreedSects and schools

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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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موجز

أبو منصور عبد القاهر بن طاهر البغدادي متكلم وباحث في أصول الدين ومذاهب الفرق، من أهل بغداد. صنف في الإيمان وأصوله، وفي نفي خلق القرآن، وفي تأويل متشابه الأخبار. 1

سنتا مولده ووفاته غير مدونتين في بيانات المتحف، وتحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي.

People and things also explored

The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin· الغيبة· علم الكلام· الإمامة· المهدية· الرجعة· التقية· الزندقة

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.634-635
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Baghdadi Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-baghdadi-abd-al-qahir-ibn-tahir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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People

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The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin

al-Tahawi's principle of calling the people of the qibla Muslims and believers so long as they accept what the Prophet brought, and of not declaring any of them an unbeliever for a sin unless he declares it lawful.