Al-Shaykh al-Mufid

**Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man**
Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man
Title	al-Shaykh al-Mufid
Personal
Born	948 CE; Ukbara
Died	1022 (aged 73–74)
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic golden age
Denomination	Shia
Jurisprudence	Ja'fari
Creed	Twelver
Main interest(s)	Kalam, Hadith, Ilm ar-Rijal, Usul and Fiqh
Notable work(s)	Al-Amali, Awail Al Maqalat and Kitab al-Irshad
Occupation	Muslim scholar
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Shaykh al-Saduq;
	Influenced Sharif Murtada, Sharif Razi and Shaykh Tusi;

Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi, known as al-Shaykh al-Mufid (Arabic: الشیخ المفید) and Ibn al-Mu'allim (c. 948–1022 CE), was a prominent Twelver Shia theologian.^[1]^[2] His father was a teacher (mu'allim), hence the name Ibn al-Mu'allim. The title "al-Mufid" was given to him either by Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Shia Imam,^[3] or by al-Rummani, a Sunni scholar, after a conversation with him.^[4] The leader of the Shia community,^[5] he was a mutakallim, theologian, and Shia jurist.

He was taught by Al-Shaykh al-Saduq, Ibn Qulawayh, Abu Abdallah al-Basri and al-Rummani, and Sharif al-Murtaza and Shaykh Tusi were among his students. Only 10 of his 200 works have survived, among which are Amali, Al-Irshad, Al-Muqni'ah, and Tashih al-Itiqadat.

^ "Al-Amali, The Dictations of Shaykh al-Mufid". Al-Islam.org. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
^ Cite error: The named reference Christoph was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Ak̲h̲tar, Vaḥīd (1 January 1988). Early Shīʻite Imāmiyyah Thinkers. Ashish Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7024-196-6.
^ Kraemer, Joel L. (1992). Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam: The Cultural Revival During the Buyid Age. BRILL. pp. 67–. ISBN 90-04-09736-8.
^ McAuliffe, Jane Dammen (1991). Qurānic Christians : an analysis of classical and modern exegesis (digital ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-521-36470-6.

[Amali-1] "Al-Amali, The Dictations of Shaykh al-Mufid". Al-Islam.org. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

[Christoph-2] Cite error: The named reference Christoph was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Ak̲h̲tar1988-3] Ak̲h̲tar, Vaḥīd (1 January 1988). Early Shīʻite Imāmiyyah Thinkers. Ashish Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7024-196-6.

[Kraemer1992-4] Kraemer, Joel L. (1992). Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam: The Cultural Revival During the Buyid Age. BRILL. pp. 67–. ISBN 90-04-09736-8.

[Jane-5] McAuliffe, Jane Dammen (1991). Qurānic Christians : an analysis of classical and modern exegesis (digital ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-521-36470-6.

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Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man

Title	al-Shaykh al-Mufid
Personal
Born	948 CE Ukbara
Died	1022 (aged 73–74)
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic golden age
Denomination	Shia
Jurisprudence	Ja'fari
Creed	Twelver
Main interest(s)	Kalam, Hadith, Ilm ar-Rijal, Usul and Fiqh
Notable work(s)	Al-Amali, Awail Al Maqalat and Kitab al-Irshad
Occupation	Muslim scholar
Muslim leader
Influenced by Shaykh al-Saduq
Influenced Sharif Murtada, Sharif Razi and Shaykh Tusi