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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik al-Karaji al-Sukraji

محمد بن عبد الملك الكرجي السكرجي

c. 1065 CE · 458 AH – c. 1137 CE · 532 AH

The ascetic imam, shaykh of Karj, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik al-Karaji known as al-Sukraji; master of the Qur'an readings and much transmission; author of al-Fusul fi'l-i'tiqad, the abridgement of al-Dhara'i' and more, and he argued against the Mu'tazila in books — a great imam; b. 458, d. 532 1.

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Roles
Scholar · writer
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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: Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Baqi · Ahmad-e Jami (Zhanda Pil, Khorasani Sufi, d. 1141) · Ibn al-Malahimi · Ibn al-Manda'i al-Wasiti · ابن الشجري

Summary

The imam al-Qarafi, shaykh of Karaj, Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Malik al-Karaji, known as al-Sukraji; he mastered the readings and heard much, authored al-Fusul fi'l-i'tiqad and the abridgement of al-Dhara'i', and refuted the Mu'tazila in writing — a majestic imam. Born 458, died 532. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 583
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