Shaykh al-Tusi

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Shaykh al-Tusi was an influential 11th-century Twelver Shia scholar and jurist, renowned for systematizing Shia jurisprudence and hadith and for founding the scholarly center in Najaf.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic jurist ⓘ
Quran exegete ⓘ
Twelver Shia scholar ⓘ
Usuli scholar ⓘ
hadith scholar ⓘ
religious authority ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
activityLocation Baghdad ⓘ
Najaf ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shaykh al-Taʾifa ⓘ
linked to: Sayyid al-Taifa

Shaykh al-Tusi ⓘ
century 11th century ⓘ
contribution founded the scholarly center in Najaf ⓘ
laid foundations of the Najaf seminary (hawza) tradition ⓘ
systematized Twelver Shia hadith literature ⓘ
systematized Twelver Shia jurisprudence ⓘ
denomination Twelver Shia ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
field Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
Quranic exegesis ⓘ
hadith studies ⓘ
fullName Abu Jaʿfar Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi ⓘ
linked to: Shaykh al-Tusi
influenced Najaf-based Shia scholarship ⓘ
development of Shia legal methodology ⓘ
later Twelver Shia jurists ⓘ
influencedBy Shaykh al-Mufid ⓘ
al-Sharif al-Murtada ⓘ
legacy considered one of the most important classical Twelver Shia jurists ⓘ
his legal opinions remained authoritative for centuries in Shia law ⓘ
mainInterest Quran exegesis ⓘ
fiqh ⓘ
hadith ⓘ
kalam ⓘ
usul al-fiqh ⓘ
movement Najaf seminary tradition ⓘ
notableWork al-Fihrist ⓘ
al-Istibsar ⓘ
linked to: Al-Istibsar

al-Mabsut fi al-fiqh ⓘ
al-Nihaya fi mujarrad al-fiqh wa-l-fatawa ⓘ
al-Rijal ⓘ
al-Tahdhib ⓘ
al-Tibyan fi tafsir al-Qurʾan ⓘ
al-ʿUdda fi usul al-fiqh ⓘ
positionHeld head of Shia scholarly community in Najaf ⓘ
leading Shia authority in Baghdad ⓘ
region Iraq ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
schoolTradition Usuli Twelver Shia ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
studiedUnder Shaykh al-Mufid ⓘ
al-Sharif al-Murtada ⓘ

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Al-Istibsar → author → Shaykh al-Tusi ⓘ
Al-Istibsar → compiledBy → Abu Jaʿfar Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi ⓘ
linked to: Shaykh al-Tusi
Shaykh al-Tusi → fullName → Abu Jaʿfar Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi ⓘ
linked to: Shaykh al-Tusi
Shaykh al-Tusi → alsoKnownAs → Shaykh al-Tusi ⓘ
Tahdhib al-Ahkam → author → Shaykh al-Tusi ⓘ
Tahdhib al-Ahkam → compiledBy → Shaykh al-Tusi ⓘ
Tahdhib al-Ahkam → associatedWithScholar → Shaykh al-Tusi ⓘ