At a glance
- Roles
- theologian
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Abu Nasr ibn al-Qushayri, an Ash'ari preacher and the son of al-Qushayri. He arrived in Baghdad in 469 AH and sat to teach at the Nizamiyya. 1
The disturbance
Ibn al-Jawzi says that he denounced the Hanbalis and attributed anthropomorphism to them. Because of him a disturbance broke out between the Hanbalis and the Ash'aris, until a tailor was killed. 1
The minister al-Sharif summoned Abu Ja'far for reconciliation. Ibn al-Jawzi quotes al-Sharif as saying: "If one could be thanked for his innovation, this young man would be the one." The description is attributed to al-Sharif, and the museum does not judge it. 1
The Ash'ari view of the incident is not given here and needs an additional source.
Connections
People and things also explored
Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi· Enforced cursing of the Rafida and the Ash'aris from the pulpits of Khurasan· فخر الدولة بن جهير· نظام الملك وزير ألب أرسلان· الشريف أبو جعفر· Baghdad· The Strife over Declaring the Hanbalis Unbelievers and the Looting of the Nizamiyya Market· The al-Qushayri fitna between the Hanbalis and the Ash'aris in Baghdad
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.305-307
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Nasr ibn al-Qushayri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-nasr-ibn-al-qushayri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.