Back أبو إسحاق الشيرازي Arabic ابواسحاق شیرازی Persian Abu Ishaq asy-Syirazi ID Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi Italian Абу Исхак аш-Ширази Russian Абуисҳоқи Шерозӣ Tajik ابو اسحاق شیرازی Urdu Abu Isʼhoq Sheroziy Uzbek
Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī أبو إسحاق الشيرازي | |
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| Title | Amir al-Mu'minin fī al-Fiqh Shaykh al-Islam[1] |
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| Born | 1003 |
| Died | 1083 (aged 79–80) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Persian |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari[2][3] |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Usul al-Fiqh (principles of jurisprudence), Usul al-Din, 'Aqidah, Tawhid, Kalam (Islamic theology), Hadith studies |
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| Muslim leader | |
| Successor | Abu Sa'd al-Mutwalli |
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Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAlī al-Shīrāzī (Arabic: أبو إسحاق الشيرازي) was a prominent Persian[4] jurisconsult, legal theoretician, theologian, debater and researcher.[5] He was the foremost leading scholar of the Iraqi branch of the Shafiʿi school of law.[6] He became the second teacher after succeeding Ibn al-Sabbagh at the Nizamiyya school in Baghdad, which was built in his honour by the vizier (minister) of the Seljuk Empire Nizam al-Mulk.[7]
He acquired the status of a mujtahid in the field of fiqh and usul al-fiqh. The contemporary muhaddithun (hadith specialists) also considered him as their Imam. Likewise, he was respected and enjoyed a high status among the mutakallimun (practitioners of kalam) and Sufis.
He was closely associated with the eminent Sufis of his time like Abu Nasr ibn al-Qushayri (d. 514/1120), the son of al-Qushayri (d. 465/1072).[8]
Abu Bakr al-Shashi said: "Abu Ishaq is Allah's proof on the leading scholars of the time."[9] Al-Muwaffaq al-Hanafi said: "Abu Ishaq is the Amir al-Mu'minin (Prince of the Believers) from among the fuqaha' (jurists)."[1] The Azhari scholar 'Ali Jum'a, an inheritor of al-Bajuri's teachings, calls him the "shaykh of the fuqaha' of his era."[8]
- ^ a b Al-Dhahabi. "Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' (The Biographies of the Most Noble)". Islamweb.net.
- ^ Massignon, Louis (6 August 2019). The Passion of Al-Hallaj, Mystic and Martyr of Islam, The Survival of Al-Hallaj. Vol. 2. Princeton University Press. p. 158. ISBN 9780691657219.
Abu Ishaq Shirazi, the Ash'arite rector of the Nizamiya
- ^ Youssef Al-Hazimari. "The biography of Imam Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi". Muhammadiya Association of Scholars (al-Rabita al-Muhammadiyya lil-'Ulamā' in Morocco). Archived from the original on 4 April 2024.
- ^ وفيات الأعيان وأنباء أبناء الزمان، أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر ابن خلكان البرمكي الإربلي، أبو العباس، دار صادر - بيروت، 1972، ج. 1 ص.30
- ^ "Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī". Reference Works — BrillOnline.
- ^ "Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn ʿAli Shirazi". Oxford Reference.
- ^ Salim bin Samir al-Hadrami (2014). The Ship of Salvation. Translated by Abdullah Muhammad al-Marbuqi. Pustaka Tok Kenali. p. 101. ISBN 9789671221815.
- ^ a b Aaron Spevack (2014). The Archetypal Sunni Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of al-Bajuri. State University of New York Press (SUNY Press). p. 84. ISBN 9781438453712.
- ^ "Who was Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi?". Darul Tahqiq.
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