Ibn Abī Zayd | |
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| Born | 922 |
| Died | 386/996[1] |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah,Fiqh |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Risalah al-Fiqhiyyah |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Mālikī[1] |
| Creed | Ash'ari[2][3][4][5] |
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Ibn Abī Zayd (Arabic:ابن أبي زيد القيرواني; 922–996), fullyAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Nafzawī ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawanī,[7] was aMaliki scholar fromKairouan inTunisia and was also an active proponent ofAsh'ari thought.[1][2][8] His best known work isAl-Risala or the Epistle, an instructional book devoted to the education of young children. He was a member of the Nafzawah Berber tribe and lived inKairouan. In addition, he served as theImam (spiritual leader) of one of themosques' that followed theMaliki School tradition.
Belonging to theAsh`ari school, Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani (310–386) studied under Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Mu'min, who in turn was a student of Ibn Mujahid, a pupil ofAbu al-Hasan al-Ash`ari.Qadi Iyad stated that in 368, Ibn Abi Zayd dispatched two of his pupils to personally deliver a few of his books to Ibn Mujahid, who had made a request for them, along with a complete authorization to narrate them (ijaza). Ibn Abi Zayd famously defended the Ash`ari school in his epistle entitled “Al-Radd `ala al-Qadariyya wa Munaqada Risala al-Baghdadi al-Mu`tazili,” a rejection of the assaults of the Mu`tazili `Ali ibn Isma`il al-Baghdadi. Al-Mayurqi further related that Ibn Abi Zayd said: “Al-Ash`ari is a man famous for refuting the people of Innovation, the Qadariyya and the Jahmiyya, and he held fast to the Sunan.”[2]
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