Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi Imam
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أبو منصور الماتريدي | |
Calligraphy of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi's name | |
| Title | Shaykh al-Islam ('Shaykh of Islam') Imam Al-Huda ('Leader of Guidance') |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 852 CE (238 AH) |
| Died | 944 CE (333 AH; aged 90–91) |
| Resting place | Chokardiza cemetery, Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age (mid Samanid) |
| Region | Samanid Empire |
| Main interest(s) | Theology Jurisprudence Philosophy |
| Notable idea(s) | Maturidism |
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| Occupation | Scholar Jurist Theologian |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
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| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Muḥammad محمد |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd بن محمد بن محمود |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū Manṣūr أبو منصور |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Māturīdī al-Samarqandī الماتريدي السمرقندي |
Abu Mansur Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Maturidi as-Samarqandi | |
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| Venerated in | Sunni Islam |
| Major shrine | Mausoleum of Imam al-Maturidi, Samarkand |
Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (Arabic: أبو منصور الماتريدي, romanized: Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī; 853–944) was a Hanafi jurist and theologian who is the eponym of the Maturidi school of kalam in Sunnism. He got his nisba from Māturīd, a district in Samarkand. His works include Tafsir al-Maturidi, a classic exegesis of the Qur'an, and Kitab al-Tawhid.
His doctrinal school remains amongst the three main schools of theology alongside Ash'arism and Atharism.