Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- theologian · Jurist · Scholar
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu'l-Fath Muhammad b. Abi'l-Qasim 'Abd al-Karim b. Abi Bakr Ahmad al-Shahrastani, mutakallim on al-Ash'ari's madhhab; an outstanding imam, jurist and theologian — he read fiqh under Ahmad al-Khwafi and Abu Nasr al-Qushayri, read kalam under Abu'l-Qasim al-Ansari and was singular in his art. 1
His works and entry to Baghdad
He wrote Nihayat al-iqdam fi 'ilm al-kalam, al-Milal wa'l-nihal, al-Mudara'a and Talkhis al-aqsam li-madhahib al-anam — full of memorisation, fine of discourse, preaching to the people; he entered Baghdad in 510, dwelt three years and won wide acceptance among the common folk. 1
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Shahrastani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-shahrastani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.