Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra'
11th-century Islamic jurist
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Abū Yaʿlā Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Ibn al-Farrāʾ (April 990 – 15 August 1066), commonly known as al-Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā or simply as Ibn al-Farrāʾ, was a Hanbali Jurist, Athari theologian.[3]
Titleal-Qāḍī, Rukn al-Madhhab (ركن المذهب) (Pillar of the Madhhab), Shaykh al-Hanabilah (شيخ الحنابلة) (Shaykh of the Hanabila)
Born380 A.H / 990 C.E.
Died458 A.H / 1066 C.E.
EraGolden Age of Islam
Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra' | |
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| Title | al-Qāḍī, Rukn al-Madhhab (ركن المذهب) (Pillar of the Madhhab), Shaykh al-Hanabilah (شيخ الحنابلة) (Shaykh of the Hanabila) |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 380 A.H / 990 C.E. |
| Died | 458 A.H / 1066 C.E. |
| Era | Golden Age of Islam |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Aqidah, principles of Islamic jurisprudence |
| Notable work(s) | al-Mu'tamad Fī Usūl al-Dīn, al-Aḥkām al-Sulṭāniyya, Ibtal al-Tawilat |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Hanbali |
| Creed | Athari[1] |
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Abu Ya'la was a Mujtahid scholar, judge, and one of the early Muslim jurists who played dynamic roles in formulating a systematic legal framework and constitutional theory on Islamic system of government during the first half of 11th century in Baghdad.[4]
Works
al-Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā authored many works, including:
- Kitāb al-Muʿtamad fī Uṣūl al-Dīn
- al-Aḥkām al-Sulṭāniyya
- Ibṭāl al-Taʾwīlāt li-Aḫbār al-Sifāt
- al-ʿUdda fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh
