Ibn Furak

Ibn Furak or Ibn Faurak (Arabic: ابن فورك); c. 941–c. 1015 CE / 330–406 AH) was a Sunni Imam, foremost leading Ash'ari theologian and legal theoretician, a specialist of Arabic language, grammar and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a traditionist from the Shafi'i Madhhab in 10th century.

Ibn Furak
TitleImam
Personal
Born
Abu Bakr Muhammad

330 AH / 941 CE
Died406 AH / 1015 CE
Nishapur
Cause of deathassassinated
Resting placeal-Hira
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni Islam
JurisprudenceShafi`i
CreedAsh'ari
Main interest(s)Theology (Kalam), Logic, Islamic Jurisprudence, Hadith, Arabic grammar
Notable work(s)Mujarrad Maqalat al-Shaykh Abi al-Hasan al-Ash'ari ("Summary of Shaykh Abi al-Hasan al-Ash'ari's Treatises/Articles"), Mushkil al-Hadith wa Bayanuh ("Ambiguity of the Hadith and its Explanation")
Other namesAbu Bakr Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Furak al-Shafi'i al-Ansari al-Isbahani
Muslim leader
Influenced
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