At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Overview
Late in life Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari moved to Baghdad, where he lived and taught 1. A group of imams took from him, among them Abu al-Hasan al-Bahili, Abu al-Hasan al-Kirmani, Abu Zayd al-Marwazi, Abu Abd Allah ibn Mujahid al-Basri, Zahir ibn Ahmad al-Sarakhsi and Abu Sahl al-Su'luki; through these and their like his way in kalam spread until his followers came to be known as the Ash'ariyya 2 1.
His circle and pupils
Al-Dhahabi gives the names of the imams who took from him, and al-Bayhaqi reports through Zahir ibn Ahmad al-Sarakhsi that al-Ash'ari called him to witness at his house in Baghdad near his death 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
- Occurred at
- Baghdad
People and things also explored
Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari dies at Baghdad, 324/935-6· Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari· Baghdad· Al-Ash'ari composes Maqalat al-Islamiyyin and his refutations of the Mu'tazila· Al-Ash'ari publicly renounces Mu'tazilism in the Great Mosque of Basra, 300/912-13· Al-Ash'ari, al-Jubba'i's pupil at Basra, and the three brothers debate· Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari is born at Basra, 260/873-4· The recantation of Abu'l-Wafa' Ibn 'Aqil
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 743
- Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Dar al-Risala al-Alamiyya edition) , 15/86
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Ash'ari moves to Baghdad late in life”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/al-ashari-moves-baghdad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.