Ibn Furak

Ibn Fūrāk
(ابن فورك)
Ibn Fūrāk; (ابن فورك)
Title	Imam; Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born	941; Isfahan
Died	1015 (aged 73–74); Nishapur
Cause of death	assassinated
Resting place	al-Hira
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic golden age
Region	Khorasan
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari
Main interest(s)	Theology (Kalam), Logic, Islamic Jurisprudence, Hadith, Arabic grammar
Notable work(s)	Mujarrad Maqalat al-Shaykh Abi al-Hasan al-Ash'ari ("Summary of Shaykh Abi al-Hasan al-Ash'ari's Treatises/Articles"), Mushkil al-Hadith wa Bayanuh ("Ambiguity of the Hadith and its Explanation")
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Al-Shafi'i; Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari; Baqillani;
	Influenced Qushayri; Al-Bayhaqi;

Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Fūrāk, Abū Bakr al-Asbahānī al-Shāfi`ī, commonly known as Ibn Fūrāk (Arabic: ابن فورك); c. 941–c. 1015 CE / 330–406 AH). The Imam, a leading authority on kalam and usul, the transmitter of Al-Ash`ari's school, an expert in Arabic language, grammar and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a Hadith master from the Shafi'i Madhhab in 10th century.^[5]

^ ^a ^b Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1971]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (H-Iram) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 767. ISBN 9004081186.
^ A.C. Brown, Jonathan (2009). Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Foundations of Islam). Oneworld Publications. p. 154. ISBN 978-1851686636.
^ ^a ^b Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1971]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (H-Iram) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 766. ISBN 9004081186.
^ Adang, Camilla; Fierro, Maribel; Schmidtke, Sabine (2012). Ibn Hazm of Cordoba: The Life and Works of a Controversial Thinker (Handbook of Oriental Studies) (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East). Vol. I (A-B). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. p. 384. ISBN 978-90-04-23424-6.
^ Al-Bayhaqi 1999, p. 26

Ibn Fūrāk (ابن فورك)
Title	Imam Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born	941 Isfahan
Died	1015 (aged 73–74) Nishapur
Cause of death	assassinated
Resting place	al-Hira
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic golden age
Region	Khorasan
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i^[1]
Creed	Ash'ari^[2]^[3]^[4]
Main interest(s)	Theology (Kalam), Logic, Islamic Jurisprudence, Hadith, Arabic grammar
Notable work(s)	Mujarrad Maqalat al-Shaykh Abi al-Hasan al-Ash'ari ("Summary of Shaykh Abi al-Hasan al-Ash'ari's Treatises/Articles"), Mushkil al-Hadith wa Bayanuh ("Ambiguity of the Hadith and its Explanation")
Muslim leader
Influenced by Al-Shafi'i Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari Baqillani^[3]
Influenced Qushayri^[1] Al-Bayhaqi