Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni

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Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni was an influential 11th-century Sunni Muslim theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school, renowned as the teacher of al-Ghazali and a leading Shafi'i scholar in Nishapur.

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instanceOf Islamic jurist
Muslim scholar
Sunni Muslim theologian
mujtahid
mutakallim
associatedWith Khorasan Shafi'i scholarly tradition NERFINISHED
Nishapur NERFINISHED
birthPlace Nishapur NERFINISHED
birthYear 1028
century 11th century
creed Ash'ari NERFINISHED
deathPlace Nishapur NERFINISHED
deathYear 1085
denomination Sunni Islam
doctrine affirmation of Sunni orthodoxy against Mu'tazilism
era Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Persian
familyName al-Juwayni NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Islamic theology
Shafi'i jurisprudence
fiqh
kalam
usul al-fiqh
fullName Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni NERFINISHED
givenName Abd al-Malik NERFINISHED
honorificTitle Imam al-Haramayn NERFINISHED
influenced Abu Hamid al-Ghazali NERFINISHED
later Ash'ari theologians
knownFor leadership in Shafi'i school in Nishapur
systematizing Ash'ari theology
teaching al-Ghazali
language Arabic
legalSchool Shafi'i NERFINISHED
notableStudent Abu Hamid al-Ghazali NERFINISHED
Abu al-Qasim al-Ansari NERFINISHED
notableWork Nihayat al-matlab fi dirayat al-madhhab NERFINISHED
al-Burhan fi usul al-fiqh NERFINISHED
al-Irshad ila qawati' al-adilla fi usul al-i'tiqad NERFINISHED
al-Waraqat fi usul al-fiqh NERFINISHED
occupation author
teacher
region Greater Iran NERFINISHED
Khorasan NERFINISHED
religion Islam
taughtAt Nizamiyya of Nishapur NERFINISHED

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Al-Juwayni fullName Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni