Al-Isfara'ini, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad
الإسفراييني أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن محمد
c. 949 CE · 337 AH – 1027 CE · 418 AH
A Shafi'i theologian and jurist from Isfara'in, between Nishapur and Gurgan. He studied theology and legal theory in Baghdad.
At a glance
- Roles
- theologian · Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutions
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 phrase "la yanbaghi" in Imam Ahmad's words· The reports from Imam Ahmad· Obedience to those in authority and not rebelling (in the Tahawi creed)· The Hanbali school (madhhab)· Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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