Aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī ٱلطَّحَاوِيّ | |
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Born | 853 CE / 239 AH[1] Taha al Amidah, Abbasid Caliphate |
Died | 5 November 933 CE / 14 Dhul Qa’ada 321 AH[1] Cairo, Abbasid Caliphate |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Abbasid Caliphate |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi[2][3][4] (formerly Shafi'i) |
Main interest(s) | Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic theology, Hadith |
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Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī (Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر أَحْمَد ٱلطَّحَاوِيّ, romanized: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī)[5] (853 – 5 November 933), commonly known as at-Tahawi (Arabic: ٱلطَّحَاوِيّ, romanized: aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī), was an Egyptian Arab[6][7][8] Hanafi jurist and Traditionalist theologian.[9] He studied with his uncle al-Muzani and was a Shafi'i jurist, before then changing to the Hanafi school. He is known for his work al-'Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah, a summary of Sunni Islamic creed[10][11] which influenced Hanafis in Egypt.[12]
Sharif
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Al-Tahawi became a Hanafi, but his methodology in both law and theology retained a distinctively traditionalist character.
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