Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani

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Ibn Abī Zayd
Personal
Born922
Died386/996 [1]
Religion Islam
Denomination Sunni
Jurisprudence Mālikī [1]
Creed Ash'ari [2] [3] [4] [5]
Main interest(s) Aqidah, Fiqh
Notable work(s) Al-Risalah al-Fiqhiyyah
Muslim leader
Influenced by
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Ibn Abī Zayd (Arabic : ابن أبي زيد القيرواني) (922–996), fully Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Nafzawī ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawanī, [7] was a Maliki scholar from Kairouan in Tunisia and was also an active proponent of Ash'ari thought. [1] [2] [8] His best known work is Al-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 in Kairouan. In addition, he served as the Imam (spiritual leader) of one of the mosques' that followed the Maliki School tradition.

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The Mosque of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani in Mansourah, Algeria Mosquee Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani.jpg
The Mosque of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani in Mansourah, Algeria

Belonging to the Ash`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 of Abu 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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