Ibn Abī Zayd () (922–996), fully Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Nafzawī ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawanī, was a

Maliki The ( ar, مَالِكِي) school is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was founded by Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The Maliki school of jurisprudence relies on the Quran and hadiths as primary ...

scholar from

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and was also an active proponent of

Ash'ari Ashʿarī theology or Ashʿarism (; ar, الأشعرية: ) is one of the main Sunnī schools of Islamic theology, founded by the Muslim scholar, Shāfiʿī jurist, reformer, and scholastic theologian Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī in the ...

thought.Herbert J. Liebesny, ''The Law of the Near & Middle East'', SUNY Press, 1975 , p. 175 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

. In addition, he served as the

Imam Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...

(spiritual leader) of one of the

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

s' that followed the

School tradition. Based on what he wrote in his Risalah regarding creed, there was many alignments with the Ashari creed. Ibn Abi Zayd notably defended the ashari school in his epistle entitled “''Al-Radd `ala al-Qadariyya wa Munaqada Risala al-Baghdadi al-Mu`tazili'',” a refutation of the attacks of the ''Mu`tazili'' `Ali ibn Isma`il al-Baghdadi.

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islaam.org.uk "Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qairawani (d.386H)", by Hassan Ahmad, from ''al-Jumuah Magazine'', Volume 12 Issue 9
(retrieved September 12, 2008) * Rahman, Sayeed, The Legal and Theological Thought of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani (Yale University Ph.D., 2009) is the most comprehensive English language work on Ibn Abi Zayd Asharis Berber scholars Tunisian Maliki scholars 10th-century jurists 10th-century Berber people 922 births 996 deaths 10th-century Muslim theologians People from Kairouan {{Africa-academic-bio-stub

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