Category
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Ilm al-Kalam
Ilm al-kalam or ilm al-lahut, often shortened to kalam, is the scholastic, speculative, or rational study of Islamic theology (aqida). It can also be defined as the science that studies the fundamental doctrines of Islamic faith (usul al-din), proving their validity, or refuting doubts regarding them rationally via logic. Kalām was born out of the need to establish and defend the tenets of Islam against philosophical doubters and non-Muslims, and also to defend against heretical and religious innovations (bidʿah). A scholar of kalam is referred to as a mutakallim (plural mutakallimun), a role
Ash'ari
'''Ash'arism''' () is a school of theology in Sunni Islam named after Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, a Sunni jurist, reformer (mujaddid), and scholastic theologian, in the 9th–10th century. It established an orthodox guideline, based on scriptural authority, rationality, and theological rationalism. It is one of the three main schools alongside Maturidism and Atharism.
Maturidi
Maturidism () is a school of theology in Sunni Islam named after Abu Mansur al-Maturidi. It is one of the three creeds of Sunni Islam alongside Ash'arism and Atharism, and prevails in the Hanafi school of jurisprudence.
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
1095 CE book by Al-Ghazali
Al-Fiqh al-Akbar
Imam Abu Hanifa's Book
Tafsir al-Maturidi
Classic text by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
Izhar ul-Haqq
Book of Maulana Rahmatullah Kairanvi
Milal wa-al-niḥal
book by Abū al-Fatḥ al-Shahrastānī
Kitab al-Tawhid
book written by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
Farq bayna al-firaq
Book by the Shafi'i scholar Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi
Umm al-Barahin
islamic theological treatise
Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya
book by Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri
Asas al-Taqdis
Theological book
The Moderation in Belief
Book by Al-Ghazali
Tajrīd al-Iʿtiqād
book by Nasir al-Din al-Toesi
Kalām cosmological argument
argument for the existence of God
Al-Irshad Ila Qawati Al-Adilla Fi Usul Ati Tiqad
book by Al-Juwayni
Al-Sayf al-Saqil fi al-Radd ala Ibn Zafil
Tabyin Kadhibi-l-Muftaree
book by Ibn Asakir defending Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
al-Asmāʼ wa-al-ṣifāt
book by Abū Bakr al-Bayhaqī