Maturidi
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Maturidi is a major Sunni theological school that emphasizes the use of reason alongside revelation to articulate Islamic creed and defend core doctrines.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Maturidi creed | 0 | 1 |
| Maturidi theology | 0 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theological tradition
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Sunni theological school → |
| affirms |
Qur’an as primary source of doctrine
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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
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defend core Sunni doctrines → |
| associatedWith |
Hanafi school
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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)
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use of reason alongside revelation → |
| historicalCenter |
Samarkand
→
surface form:
Samarqand
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| influenced |
Hanafi scholarly tradition in Central Asia
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later Ottoman Sunni theology → |
| influencedBy | early Hanafi theologians → |
| languageOfEarlyWorks | Arabic → |
| languageOfTransmission |
Arabic
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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
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reason cannot independently know all details of the unseen → |
| positionOnVisionOfGod | believers will see God in the Hereafter without modality → |
| recognizesSource |
analogical reasoning (qiyas)
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consensus (ijma‘) → |
| religiousBranchOf | Sunni Islam → |
| teaches |
God’s attributes are real but not like creation
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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
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rational argumentation to defend creed → |
| widelyFollowedIn |
Central Asia
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Ottoman lands historically → South Asia → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maturidi creed
this entity surface form:
Maturidi theology