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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theologian
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Muslim jurist ⓘ Muʿtazilite theologian ⓘ person ⓘ |
| affiliation | Buyid court in Rayy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Ṣāḥib ibn ʿAbbād NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 935 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Asadābād NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthRegion | near Hamadān ⓘ |
| centuryActive |
10th century
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11th century ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1025 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Rayy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Muʿtazila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Persian ⓘ |
| fullName | ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn Aḥmad al-Hamadānī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | al-Qāḍī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic rationalist thought
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later Muʿtazilite theologians ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abū Hāshim al-Jubbāʾī
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Abū ʿAlī al-Jubbāʾī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intellectualTradition | Basran Muʿtazila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defending rationalist theology in Islam
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extensive works in kalām ⓘ systematizing Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Islamic theology ⓘ kalām ⓘ uṣūl al-fiqh ⓘ |
| nameInArabic | القاضي عبد الجبار NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chief judge of Rayy ⓘ |
| regionActive |
Iran
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Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolOfLaw | Shāfiʿī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studentOf | Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Baṣrī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Abū Rashīd al-Nīsābūrī
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Ibn Mattawayh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theologicalPrinciple |
affirmation of human free will
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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
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Tathbīt dalāʾil al-nubuwwa NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Mughnī fī abwāb al-tawḥīd wa-l-ʿadl NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Muḥīṭ bi-l-taklīf NERFINISHED ⓘ al-ʿUmad fī uṣūl al-fiqh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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