Maturidi

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Islamic theological tradition Sunni theological school

Maturidi is a major Sunni theological school that emphasizes the use of reason alongside revelation to articulate Islamic creed and defend core doctrines.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Maturidi canonical 5
Maturidi theology 3
Maturidi school 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theological tradition ⓘ
Sunni theological school ⓘ
affirms Qur’an as primary source of doctrine ⓘ
Sunna of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
belief in angels ⓘ
belief in divine decree (qadar) ⓘ
belief in revealed scriptures ⓘ
belief in the Last Day ⓘ
oneness of God (tawhid) ⓘ
prophethood of Muhammad ⓘ
aimsTo articulate Islamic creed ⓘ
defend core Sunni doctrines ⓘ
associatedWith Hanafi school ⓘ
surface form: Hanafi school of law
basedOnTeachingsOf Abu Mansur al-Maturidi ⓘ
contrastsWith Ash‘ari school in some theological details ⓘ
Mu‘tazili school on divine attributes and qadar ⓘ
emphasizes rational theology (kalam) ⓘ
use of reason alongside revelation ⓘ
historicalCenter Samarkand ⓘ
surface form: Samarqand
influenced Hanafi scholarly tradition in Central Asia ⓘ
later Ottoman Sunni theology ⓘ
influencedBy early Hanafi theologians ⓘ
languageOfEarlyWorks Arabic ⓘ
languageOfTransmission Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
namedAfter Abu Mansur al-Maturidi ⓘ
originatedIn Transoxiana ⓘ
positionOnFaithIncreaseDecrease faith does not increase or decrease in its essence ⓘ
positionOnGraveSinner grave sinner remains a believer unless denying fundamentals ⓘ
positionOnHumanActs God creates acts while humans acquire them (kasb) in a distinct formulation ⓘ
positionOnIntercession affirms intercession (shafa‘a) by God’s permission ⓘ
positionOnReason reason can know God’s existence and some moral truths ⓘ
reason cannot independently know all details of the unseen ⓘ
positionOnVisionOfGod believers will see God in the Hereafter without modality ⓘ
recognizesSource analogical reasoning (qiyas) ⓘ
consensus (ijma‘) ⓘ
religiousBranchOf Sunni Islam ⓘ
teaches God’s attributes are real but not like creation ⓘ
Qur’an is uncreated in meaning ⓘ
faith (iman) consists of affirmation in the heart and tongue ⓘ
human beings have real responsibility for their actions ⓘ
major sins do not expel a Muslim from Islam ⓘ
usesMethod interpretation of ambiguous texts (ta’wil) when necessary ⓘ
rational argumentation to defend creed ⓘ
widelyFollowedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Ottoman lands historically ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sunni Islam → majorTheologicalSchool → Maturidi ⓘ
Athari creed → contrastedWith → Maturidi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maturidi creed
Qadiri → hasDoctrine → Maturidi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maturidi theology
Islam in Egypt → hasTheologicalTradition → Maturidi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maturidi theology
Deobandi Sunni Islam → theologicalOrientation → Maturidi ⓘ
Sunni theology → includesSchool → Maturidi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maturidi theology
Umdat al-Qari → theologicalOrientation → Maturidi ⓘ
Bukhara school of Islamic theology → associatedCreed → Maturidi ⓘ
Qadr (Divine Decree) → emphasizedBy → Maturidi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maturidi school
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi → schoolOfTheologyFounded → Maturidi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maturidi school
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi → theologicalSchool → Maturidi ⓘ