Abu al-Hasan al-Bazdawi أبو الحسن البَزدَوي | |
|---|---|
| Title | Fakhr al-Islam فخر الإسلام |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 400 A.H. = c. 1010 A.D. |
| Died | 482 A.H.= 1089 A.D. |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Transoxiana (Central Asia) |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh (Islamicjurisprudence),Usul al-Fiqh |
| Notable work(s) | Usul al-Bazdawi |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Muslim leader | |
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Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Bazdawi (Arabic:أبو الحسن علي بن محمد البَزدَوي) (c. 1010-1089 A.D.), known with the honorific title ofFakhr al-Islam (the pride of Islam), was a leadingHanafi scholar in theprinciples of Islamic jurisprudence. He is author of the acclaimedKanz al-Wusul ila Ma'refat al-Usul (Arabic:کنز الوصول إلی معرفة الأصول,lit. 'The Treasure of Obtaining in Knowledge of Legal'), popularly known asUsul al-Bazdawi, a seminal work in HanafiUsul al-Fiqh.
'Abd al-Qadir ibn Abi al-Wafa' al-Qurashi (d. 775/1373) has praised him in his Hanafi biographical dictionary,Al-Jawahir al-Mudiyya fi Tabaqat al-Hanafiyya (Arabic:الجواهر المضية في طبقات الحنفية).[1]
His most famous book isKanz al-Wusul ila Ma'refat al-Usul (Arabic:کنز الوصول إلی معرفة الأصول), popularly known asUsul al-Bazdawi, which is a seminal book in HanafiUsul al-Fiqh and was a standard teaching text for centuries.[2]
In this work, he focuses on issues such as rules and methods of determining a variety of sources and methods for making the right decision and discourses on rules of working with texts, and so on. TheUzbek Academy of Sciences has more than a dozen copies of this work.
The book has generated numerous commentaries, the most popular of which beingKashf al-Asrar (Arabic:کشف الأسرار، شرح أصول البزدوي) by 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Bukhari (d. 730/1329).
His other works include:[3]
He also wrote onTafsir (Qur'anic exegesis).
Al-Bazdawi studied under Shams al-A'imma 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Halwani (d. 456/1064) who was also a teacher toAl-Sarakhsi.[2]
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