Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Bāqillānī (; 950 – 5 June 1013), was a Sunni Muslim scholar and polymath who specialized in speculative Islamic theology, jurisprudence, logic, and hadith. He spent much of his life defending and strengthening the Ash'ari school of theology within Islam. An accomplished rhetorical stylist and orator, al-Baqillani was held in high regard by his contemporaries for his expertise in debating theological and jurisprudential issues. Al-Dhahabi referred to him as "the learned imam, incomparable master, foremost of the scholars, author of many books, and example of a
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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Bāqillānī (; 950 – 5 June 1013), was a Sunni Muslim scholar and polymath who specialized in speculative Islamic theology, jurisprudence, logic, and hadith. He spent much of his life defending and strengthening the Ash'ari school of theology within Islam. An accomplished rhetorical stylist and orator, al-Baqillani was held in high regard by his contemporaries for his expertise in debating theological and jurisprudential issues. Al-Dhahabi referred to him as "the learned imam, incomparable master, foremost of the scholars, author of many books, and example of articulateness and intelligence."
==Biography== Born in Basra in 330 AH / 950 CE, he spent most of his life in Baghdad, and studied theology under two disciples of Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari, Ibn Mujahid al-Ta'i and Abul-Hasan al-Bahili. He also studied jurisprudence under the Maliki scholar Ibn Abi Zayd and the Shāfiʿī scholar Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Shīrāzī. After acquiring expertise in both Islamic theology and Maliki jurisprudence he expounded the teachings of the Ash'ari school, and taught Maliki jurisprudence in Baghdad.
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