At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Overview
His last testament
Al-Bayhaqi reports through Zahir ibn Ahmad al-Sarakhsi: when al-Ash'ari's end drew near at his house in Baghdad he summoned me and said, 'Bear witness that I declare no one of the people of the qibla an unbeliever, for all point to one object of worship; all this is but a difference of wording' 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
- Occurred at
- Baghdad
People and things also explored
Al-Ash'ari moves to Baghdad late in life· 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
- Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Dar al-Risala al-Alamiyya edition) , 15/86
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 743
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , pp. 648-649
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari dies at Baghdad, 324/935-6”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/death-al-ashari-324/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.