al-Qushayri

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Al-Qushayri was an 11th-century Persian Sufi scholar best known for his influential treatise "al-Risala al-Qushayriyya," which systematized Sufi doctrine and practice within Sunni Islam.

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al-Qushayri canonical 5
Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri 1

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instanceOf Ashʿari theologian
Hadith scholar
Islamic theologian
Persian writer
Shafiʿi jurist
Sufi scholar
Sunni Muslim
birthCountry Iran
birthPlace Ustuwa
birthRegion near Nishapur
birthYear 986
deathYear 1072
denomination Sunni Islam
doctrine reconciliation of Sufism with Sunni orthodoxy
era 11th century
ethnicGroup Persian
familyName al-Qushayri
fieldOfWork Hadith studies
Islamic jurisprudence
Islamic theology
Sufism
fiqhSchool Shafiʿi
linked to: Shafi'i school
fullName ʿAbd al-Karim ibn Hawazin al-Qushayri
genre Sufi manual
givenName ʿAbd al-Karim
influenced al-Ghazali
linked to: al‑Ghazali

later Sunni Sufi tradition
influencedBy Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri’s Sufi predecessors in Khurasan
al-Junayd
linked to: al‑Junayd

al-Muhasibi
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Persian
mainWork al-Risala al-Qushayriyya
linked to: Al-Risala
notableFor defending Sufism within Sunni Islam
systematizing Sufi doctrine and practice
notableWork Lataʾif al-Isharat
Tartib al-Suluk
al-Risala al-Qushayriyya
occupation author
preacher
teacher
regionOfActivity Khurasan
linked to: Khorasan

Nishapur
religion Islam
schoolTradition Ashʿari school
linked to: Ash'ari
subjectOf Sufi biographical literature
sufiOrder early Khurasani Sufism
teacherOf al-Hujwiri

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al-Junayd influenced al-Qushayri
subject linked to: al‑Junayd
Abu Nasr al-Sarraj influenced al-Qushayri
al-Qushayri familyName al-Qushayri
Junayd of Baghdad influenced Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri
linked to: al-Qushayri
Sahl al-Tustari influenced al-Qushayri