Al-Ghazali

Also known as Abu Mohammed al-Ghazali, Ghazzoliĭ, Muḣammad ibn Muḣammad ibn Aḣmad Abu Ḣomid at-Tusiĭ,, Al-Ghazzali, Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī, Algazelus, Algazel, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Al-Gonzzali

Al-Ghazali, ( ( – 19 December 1111), Latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Iranian scholar and polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential jurisconsults, legal theoreticians, muftis, philosophers, theologians, logicians and mystics in Islamic history.

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Al-Ghazali was a male philosopher, autobiographer, poet, and Islamic jurist born in Tus. He held citizenship in the Seljuk Empire and practiced Islam, specifically within the Sunni, Sufi, and Ash'ari traditions. His professional focus included Islamic philosophy, Sufism, Ilm al-Kalam, and Islamic ethics, often characterized by a lifestyle of mysticism. He was employed by the Nizamiyya of Baghdad and studied under Al-Juwayni and Abū ‘Alī al-Fadl b. Muhammad al-Fāramidhī.

He authored notable works such as The Alchemy of Happiness, The Incoherence of the Philosophers, The Revival of the Religious Sciences, and The Moderation in Belief. His writings were also published under the name Al Ghazali. He spoke and wrote in Persian and Arabic. Al-Ghazali resided in Nishapur, Baghdad, Damascus, and Jerusalem before his death on December 19, 1111. He was buried in Mashhad.

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Works: 17

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Religious biography.notable_works: The Revival of Religious Sciences, The Aims of the Philosophers, The Incoherence of the Philosophers, The Alchemy of Happiness, The Moderation in Belief, The Condensed in Imam Shafi’i’s Jurisprudence, On Legal theory of Muslim Jurisprudence
Religious biography.region: Seljuk Empire (Nishapur)Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad) Fatimid Caliphate (Jerusalem) / (Damascus)
Religious biography.era: Islamic Golden Age
Religious biography.honorific_prefix: Imam
Religious biography.name: Al-Ghazali
Religious biography.native_name: ٱلْغَزَّالِيّ
Religious biography.native_name_lang: fa
Religious biography.title: Hujjat al-Islam ('Proof of Islam')
Religious biography.birth_place: Tus, Seljuk Empire
Religious biography.death_place: Tus, Seljuk Empire
Religious biography.religion: Islam
Religious biography.denomination: Sunni
Religious biography.school: Shafi’i
Religious biography.creed: Ash'ari
Religious biography.main_interests: Sufism, theology (kalam), philosophy, logic, Sharia, Islamic jurisprudence, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence

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Instance of: human
Given name: Muhammad
Gender: male
Citizenship: Seljuk Empire
Place of birth: Tus
Place of death: Tus
Sibling: Ahmad Ghazali
Occupation: Sufi
Employer: Nizamiyya of Baghdad
Languages spoken: Arabic
Religion: Ash'ari
Student of: Abū ‘Alī al-Fadl b. Muhammad al-Fāramidhī
Field of work: Islamic ethics
Image: Al Ghazali.png
Work location: Syria
Residence: Jerusalem

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Commons category: Al-Ghazali
date of birth: 1056-00-00
date of death: 1111-00-00
Commons Creator page: Al-Ghazali
student: Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
topic's main category: Category:Al-Ghazali
name in native language: أبو حامد محمد بن محمد الغزالي
lifestyle: mysticism
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has works in the collection: National Museum of World Cultures
place of burial: Mashhad
madhhab: Shafi'i
writing language: Persian
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Algazelus

[Arabic treaties of history, theology and jurisprudence]

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Biography
School affiliations
Decade of seclusion
Works
''Incoherence of the Philosophers''
''The Revival of Religious Sciences (Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn)''
''The Alchemy of Happiness''
''Disciplining the Soul''
''The Eternity of the World''
''The Decisive Criterion for Distinguishing Islam from Clandestine Unbelief''
''Deliverance from Error''
Works in Persian
Influence
Number of works
Economic philosophy
Reception of work
See also
References
Notes
Citations
Sources
Further reading
External links

He is considered to be the 11th century's mujaddid, a renewer of the faith, who, according to the prophetic hadith, appears once every 100 years to restore the faith of the Islamic community. Al-Ghazali's works were so highly acclaimed by his contemporaries that he was awarded the honorific title "Proof of Islam" (Ḥujjat al-Islām). Al-Ghazali was a prominent mujtahid in the Shafi'i school of law.

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