al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār

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Al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār was a prominent 10th–11th century Islamic theologian and jurist, renowned as one of the most influential systematizers and defenders of Muʿtazilite rationalist theology.

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instanceOf Islamic theologian ⓘ
Muslim jurist ⓘ
Muʿtazilite theologian ⓘ
person ⓘ
affiliation Buyid court in Rayy ⓘ
appointedBy Ṣāḥib ibn ʿAbbād ⓘ
birthDate c. 935 ⓘ
birthPlace Asadābād ⓘ
birthRegion near Hamadān ⓘ
centuryActive 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
deathDate 1025 ⓘ
deathPlace Rayy ⓘ
denomination Muʿtazila ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Persian ⓘ
fullName ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn Aḥmad al-Hamadānī ⓘ
honorificTitle al-Qāḍī ⓘ
influenced Islamic rationalist thought ⓘ
later Muʿtazilite theologians ⓘ
influencedBy Abū Hāshim al-Jubbāʾī ⓘ
Abū ʿAlī al-Jubbāʾī ⓘ
intellectualTradition Basran Muʿtazila ⓘ
knownFor defending rationalist theology in Islam ⓘ
extensive works in kalām ⓘ
systematizing Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainInterest Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
kalām ⓘ
uṣūl al-fiqh ⓘ
nameInArabic القاضي عبد الجبار ⓘ
positionHeld chief judge of Rayy ⓘ
regionActive Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
schoolOfLaw Shāfiʿī ⓘ
linked to: Shafi'i school
studentOf Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Baṣrī ⓘ
teacherOf Abū Rashīd al-Nīsābūrī ⓘ
Ibn Mattawayh ⓘ
theologicalPrinciple affirmation of human free will ⓘ
createdness of the Qurʾān ⓘ
emphasis on divine justice (ʿadl) ⓘ
necessity of God acting according to justice and wisdom ⓘ
rational knowability of good and evil ⓘ
rejection of predestination in a fatalistic sense ⓘ
workAuthored Sharḥ al-uṣūl al-khamsa ⓘ
Tathbīt dalāʾil al-nubuwwa ⓘ
linked to: Ithbat al-nubuwwat

al-Mughnī fī abwāb al-tawḥīd wa-l-ʿadl ⓘ
al-Muḥīṭ bi-l-taklīf ⓘ
al-ʿUmad fī uṣūl al-fiqh ⓘ

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Muʿtazilite theology → historicalFigureAssociated → al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār ⓘ
al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār → nameInArabic → القاضي عبد الجبار ⓘ
linked to: al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār
al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār → fullName → ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn Aḥmad al-Hamadānī ⓘ
linked to: al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār
al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār → honorificTitle → al-Qāḍī ⓘ
linked to: al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār