Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi الحكيم السمرقندي | |
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| Title | Al-Hakim (The Wise One)[1] |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Unknown [c. 874 A.D.] |
| Died | 342 A.H. = 953 A.D. 345 A.H. = 956 A.D. |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Transoxiana |
| Main interest(s) | Sufism,Aqidah,Kalam (Islamictheology),Fiqh (Islamicjurisprudence),Tafsir,Hikmah (Wisdom) |
| Notable work(s) | al-Sawad al-A'zam |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Muslim leader | |
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Al-Hakim Abu al-Qasim Ishaq al-Samarqandi (Arabic:الحكيم أبو القاسم إسحاق السمرقندي), was aSunni-Hanafi scholar,qadi (judge), andsage fromTransoxania who studiedSufism inBalkh withAbu Bakr al-Warraq. Some sources describe him as a student ofal-Maturidi (d. 333/944-45) infiqh andkalam.[2]
He was proficient inkalam and authored a Hanafi creedal statement that insists on the need for obedience to any duly appointed ruler. The creed criticizes the harshasceticism of theKarramiyya[Note 1] and accepts traditional views of saintly marvels (karamat).[3]
Abu al-Qasim's life marked a turning-point in the formation of the ascetic doctrines and teachings of HanafiSunnis in the east, and hisal-Sawad al-A'zam (Arabic:السواد الأعظم) was for a long time a major reference source on doctrine for many Hanafis-Maturidis.[4] Although it is not yet clear whether al-Hakim was a disciple ofal-Maturidi, or whether his handbook was a mere traditional document on Hanafite doctrine.[5]
Abu al-Qasim Ishaq b. Muhammad b. Isma'il b. Ibrahim b. Zayd al-Hakim al-Samarqandi.
His exact date of birth is unknown, although some modern biographers place the date to sometime around 260/874.[6]
Little is known about his life. He lived from the end of the 3rd/9th to the first half of the 4th/10th century.
He died inSamarkand and was buried at Jakardiza (Arabic:جاكرديزه), a place reserved for prominent scholars and persons of nobility. The date of his death is uncertain, some placing it in 340 AH, others in 342 AH, and others in 345 AH. And it was being said in 402 AH.
Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi (d. 508/1114) has praised him in his bookTabsirat al-Adilla, and according to him, the date of his death was 335 AH.
