أبو الحسين البصري المعتزلي

أبو الحسين البصري المعتزلي

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Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Tayyib al-Basri, a theologian (mutakallim) following the Mu'tazili school; one of the early leading figures in this field, fine in speech, graceful in expression, and prolific. He wrote outstanding works on the principles of jurisprudence, among them al-Mu'tamad, a large book from which Fakhr al-Din al-Razi took his al-Mahsul; also Tasaffuh al-adilla in two volumes, Ghurar al-adilla, a commentary on the Five Principles (al-Usul al-khamsa), and a book on the imamate ¹.