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Al-Baqillani takes kalam from Abu Abd Allah ibn Mujahid al-Ta'i, companion of al-Ash'ari

الباقلاني يأخذ علم الكلام عن أبي عبد الله بن مجاهد الطائي صاحب الأشعري

between 950 and 980 CE

The qadi Abu Bakr al-Baqillani learned kalam from Abu Abd Allah ibn Mujahid al-Ta'i, one of al-Ash'ari's own companions, and transmitted hadith from Abu Bakr al-Qati'i; he had a large, well-attended lecture circle 1. McCarthy says he studied usul al-din under disciples of al-Ash'ari and drew many to his lectures, becoming proverbial in disputation 2.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Levant & Iraq

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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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The qadi Abu Bakr al-Baqillani learned kalam from Abu Abd Allah ibn Mujahid al-Ta'i, one of al-Ash'ari's own companions, and transmitted hadith from Abu Bakr al-Qati'i; he had a large, well-attended lecture circle 1. McCarthy notes that he studied usul al-din under disciples of al-Ash'ari and drew many to his lectures 2.

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al-Baqillani· Abu Abd Allah ibn Mujahid al-Ta'i· Verse-endings (fawasil)· Al-Baqillani carries Adud al-Dawla's reply to the Byzantine court, 369/980· Al-Baqillani counted the mujaddid of the fourth century, turn of 400 AH· Al-Baqillani serves as qadi outside Baghdad and visits Shiraz, c. 970-983· Death of the qadi Abu Bakr al-Baqillani in Baghdad, 23 Dhu'l-Qa'da 403/5 June 1013· Qarwash al-Uqayli's khutba for al-Hakim at Mosul and Kufa

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 169
  2. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 1018
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al-Baqillani

The qadi Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Tayyib ibn Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Baqillani al-Basri (d. 403/1013), Ash'ari theologian and Maliki jurist. Born in Basra, he spent most of his adult life in Baghdad, learning kalam from al-Ash'ari's disciples, among them Abu Abd Allah ibn Mujahid al-Ta'i; unrivalled in his age in disputation, headship of the school devolved on him. He held a qadi post outside Baghdad for a time, visited Shiraz, and in 369/980 carried Adud al-Dawla's reply to the Byzantine court. The qadi Iyad listed fifty-two works of his, of which six survive — including the Tamhid, the earliest complete manual of theological polemic, al-Insaf, and I'jaz al-Qur'an; Ibn Taymiyya called him 'the best of the mutakallimun attached to al-Ash'ari, with no equal before or after him'.