Siraj al-Din 'Ali b. 'Uthman
al-Ushi al-Farghani
Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī ( ar, أبو العبّاس أحمد بن محمد بن كثير الفرغاني 798/800/805–870), also known as Alfraganus in the West, was an astronomer in the Abbasid court ...
( ar, سراج الدين علي بن عثمان الأوشي الفرغاني) was a
Hanafi
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jurist,
Maturidi
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theologian,
hadith expert (muhaddith),
Chief Judge or Supreme Judge (Qadi al-Qudah or 'Aqda al-Qudah as he was also called), and
researcher
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who has ferreted out facts and established them (muhaqqiq). He is probably best known for his work on a confession of faith in rhyme entitled ''al-Qasida al-Lamiyya fi al-Tawhid'', also called ''
Bad' al-Amali'' or from the opening words ''Qasidat Yaqulu al-'Abd''.
Birth
He was born or lived in
Osh
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(Ush), by the
Ferghana Valley
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(Ush in today's
Kyrgyzstan
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) and hence his demonym al-Ushi.
Books
His well known writings include:
*
Al-Fatawa al-Sirajiyyah ( ar, الفتاوى السراجية).
*
Bad' al-Amali ( ar, بدء الأمالي).
* Ghurar al-Akhbar wa Durar al-Ash'ar ( ar, غرر الأخبار ودرر الأشعار), abstract Nisab al-Akhbar li-Tadhkirat al-Akhyar ( ar, نصاب الأخبار لتذكرة الأخيار), 1000 short traditions in 100 chapters.
Death
He died at the end of the 6th /12th century, after 569 AH (1173/4 AD), specifically in 575/1179–80.
See also
References
External links
A Brief Biography of Siraj al-Din al-Ushi
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Hanafis
Maturidis
12th-century Muslim theologians
Hadith scholars
Chief justices
Sunni imams
Sunni fiqh scholars
Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
People from Osh
Kyrgyzstani Sunni Muslims
Uzbekistani Sunni Muslims
1179 deaths
1180 deaths