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Abu Hamid al-Barawi al-Tusi

أبو حامد البروي الطوسي

c. 1171 CE · 567 AH

Abu Hamid al-Barawi of Tus, Shafi'i jurist, pupil of Muhammad ibn Yahya and author of the famed Ta'liqa on khilaf; unmatched in kalam, dialectic and the Ash'ari madhhab — he came to Baghdad, stirred the fitna against the Hanbalis and preached at the Nizamiyya, then was found dead one morning; some said the Hanbalis sent him a dish of poisoned halwa, and it is told he said 'were it in my power I would lay jizya on the Hanbalis'; his notice falls in year 567 1.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Overview

Abu Hamid al-Barawi al-Tusi, Muhammad b. Muhammad the Shafi'i jurist, pupil of Muhammad b. Yahya and author of the famous Ta'liqa on khilaf; the end-point in kalam, speculation, rhetoric and disputation, brilliant in the Ash'ari madhhab. He came to Baghdad, made trouble against the Hanbalis, stirred fitna and preached at the Nizamiyya — and after his fame he was found dead one morning: it is said the Hanbalis sent him with a woman a poisoned dish of sweets, and it is said al-Barawi had said "were it mine to command I would impose the jizya on the Hanbalis." His tarjama is in the annals of 567. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 704
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