Abu Mansur al-Maturidi

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Abu Mansur al-Maturidi was a 10th-century Sunni Muslim theologian whose rationalist approach to creed founded the influential Maturidi school of Islamic theology.

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instanceOf Islamic scholar ⓘ
Muslim theologian ⓘ
Sunni Muslim theologian ⓘ
founder of a school of Islamic theology ⓘ
affiliation Sunni orthodoxy ⓘ
associatedMadhhab Hanafi ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
birthPlace Maturid near Samarkand ⓘ
Samanid Empire ⓘ
Samarkand region ⓘ
linked to: Samarkand Region
centuryActive 10th century ⓘ
contemporaries early Ashʿari theologians ⓘ
deathPlace Samarkand ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
field Islamic creed (aqidah) ⓘ
Qur’anic commentary ⓘ
fullName Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Maturidi al-Samarqandi ⓘ
influenceOn Central Asian Islamic thought ⓘ
Ottoman Sunni theology ⓘ
later Hanafi theologians ⓘ
jurisprudenceSchool Hanafi fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
knownFor defending Sunni orthodoxy against Karramites ⓘ
defending Sunni orthodoxy against Muʿtazilites ⓘ
defending Sunni orthodoxy against various heterodox groups ⓘ
founding the Maturidi school of theology ⓘ
rationalist approach to Sunni creed ⓘ
systematizing Hanafi theological thought ⓘ
mainInterest Islamic creed (aqidah) ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
Qur’anic exegesis ⓘ
kalam ⓘ
rational theology ⓘ
majorWork Kitab al-Tawhid ⓘ
linked to: Kitāb al-Tawḥīd

Ta’wilat al-Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Asās al-taʾwīl
name Abu Mansur al-Maturidi ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
schoolOfTheologyFounded Maturidi school ⓘ
linked to: Maturidi
schoolSpreadTo Central Asia ⓘ
Ottoman lands ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Empire

South Asia ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
theologicalOrientation rationalist Sunni kalam ⓘ
theologicalSchool Maturidi ⓘ
traditionWithinSunniIslam Maturidism ⓘ
linked to: Māturīdism
viewOnAttributesOfGod affirmed divine attributes without anthropomorphism ⓘ
rejected corporealism regarding God ⓘ
viewOnFaith defined faith primarily as inner assent (tasdiq) ⓘ
viewOnFreeWill affirmed human responsibility under divine omnipotence ⓘ
viewOnQuran distinguished between eternal divine speech and created expressions ⓘ
held the Qur’an to be uncreated in meaning ⓘ
viewOnReason affirmed an important role for human reason in knowing God ⓘ

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Maturidi → basedOnTeachingsOf → Abu Mansur al-Maturidi ⓘ
Maturidi → namedAfter → Abu Mansur al-Maturidi ⓘ
Māturīdism → foundedBy → Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī ⓘ
linked to: Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
Māturīdism → namedAfter → Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī ⓘ
linked to: Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
Māturīdism → keyFigure → Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī ⓘ
linked to: Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi → name → Abu Mansur al-Maturidi ⓘ
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi → fullName → Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Maturidi al-Samarqandi ⓘ
linked to: Abu Mansur al-Maturidi