Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi
Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi أبو المعين النسفي | |
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| Title | His Bahr al-Kalam has had considerable popularity, and on the title-page of the printed edition he is called: "Chief of the People of al-Sunna and al-Jama'a, Sword of the truth and of religion". |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 418 A.H. = 1027 A.D. 438 A.H. = 1046 A.D. |
| Died | 508 A.H. = 1114-5 A.D. |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Uzbekistan |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Semantics |
| Notable work(s) | Tabsirat al-Adillah, Bahr al-Kalam |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Muslim leader | |
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Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi (Uzbek: Абул-Муин ан-Насафи; Arabic: أبو المعين النسفي; c.1027 – c.1115 A.D.) was a Central Asian Hanafi scholar who is considered to be the most important theologian in the Maturidi school of Sunni Islam after Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, provided a fairly detailed account of al-Maturidi Central Asian predecessors.