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 school
surface form: Hanafi
birthPlace Maturid near Samarkand
Samanid Empire NERFINISHED
Samarkand Region
surface form: 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 al-Maturidi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Maturidi al-Samarqandi
influenceOn Central Asian Islamic thought
Ottoman Sunni theology
later Hanafi theologians
jurisprudenceSchool Hanafi school
surface form: Hanafi fiqh
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 Kitāb al-Tawḥīd
surface form: Kitab al-Tawhid

Asās al-taʾwīl
surface form: Ta’wilat al-Qur’an
name Abu Mansur al-Maturidi self-link
region Central Asia
Transoxiana
religion Islam
schoolOfTheologyFounded Maturidi
surface form: Maturidi school
schoolSpreadTo Central Asia
Ottoman Empire
surface form: Ottoman lands

South Asia
Transoxiana
theologicalOrientation rationalist Sunni kalam
theologicalSchool Maturidi
traditionWithinSunniIslam Māturīdism
surface form: Maturidism
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 Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
this entity surface form: Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī
Māturīdism namedAfter Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
this entity surface form: Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī
Māturīdism keyFigure Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
this entity surface form: Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi name Abu Mansur al-Maturidi self-link
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi fullName Abu Mansur al-Maturidi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Maturidi al-Samarqandi