Abu Yala

Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Khalaf ibn Ahmad ibn al-Farra (Arabic: محمد ابن الحسين ابن محمد ابن خلف ابن أحمد ابن الفراع, romanized: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Khalaf ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Farrā'; c. April 990 – 15 August 1066), better known as Abu Yala (Arabic: أبو يعلى, romanized: Abū Yaʿlā) was an Islamic historian and scholar. He was a prominent jurist who played dynamic roles in formulating a systematic legal framework and constitutional theory on Islamic system of government in Baghdad.[1]

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Abu Yala
أبو يعلى
Abu Yala's name in Arabic calligraphy
Personal
Bornc. April 990
Died15 August 1066
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
SchoolHanbali
CreedAthari
Main interest(s)Fiqh
Notable work(s)al Mu'tamad Fī Usūl al Dīn, al-Aḥkām al-sulṭāniyya.

Biography

Abu Yala was one of the leading scholars of the Hanbali school of thought (maḏhab) in Baghdad.[2] From amongst his students was the great Imam Mahfūz al Kalwadhānī, another leading major Hanbali Mujtahid scholar.

Works

al-Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā authored many works, including:

  • Kitāb al-muʿtamad fī uṣūl al-dīn
  • Kitāb Al-Īmān
  • al-Aḥkām al-sulṭāniyya
  • Ibṭāl al-taʾwīlāt li-aḫbār al-ṣifāt
  • al-ʿUdda fī uṣūl al-fiqh
  • Musnad Abū Yaʿlā

See also

References
  1. Abdul Azeez, Yusuf; Shah Suratman, Azmi; Salamon, Hussin; Awang, Ramli (2014). "Al-Qāḍī Abū Ya'lā: thoughts and influence on the development of legal theory of Islamic civilization and sciences of jurisprudence". UMRAN – International Journal of Islamic and Civilizational Studies. 1: 1. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. Laoust 2012.

Bibliography
  • Laoust, H. (2012). "Ibn al-Farrāʾ". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. E. J. Brill. ISBN 9789004161214.


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