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 self-link
fieldOfWork Hadith studies
Islamic jurisprudence
Islamic theology
Sufism
fiqhSchool Shafi'i school
surface form: Shafiʿi
fullName ʿAbd al-Karim ibn Hawazin al-Qushayri
genre Sufi manual
givenName ʿAbd al-Karim
influenced al‑Ghazali
surface form: al-Ghazali

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

al-Harith al-Muhasibi
surface form: al-Muhasibi
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Persian
mainWork Al-Risala
surface form: al-Risala al-Qushayriyya
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 Khorasan
surface form: Khurasan

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

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al‑Junayd influenced al-Qushayri
subject surface form: al-Junayd
Abu Nasr al-Sarraj influenced al-Qushayri
al-Qushayri familyName al-Qushayri self-link
Junayd of Baghdad influenced al-Qushayri
this entity surface form: Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri
Sahl al-Tustari influenced al-Qushayri