Mujarrad Maqalat al-Shaykh Abi al-Hasan al-Ash'ari () is an Islamic theological book written by the

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Ash'ari Ash'arism (; ) is a school of theology in Sunni Islam named after Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, a Shāfiʿī jurist, reformer (''mujaddid''), and scholastic theologian, in the 9th–10th century. It established an orthodox guideline, based on ...

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Ibn Furak Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Fūrāk, Abū Bakr al-Asbahānī al-Shāfi`ī, commonly known as Ibn Fūrāk (); c. 941–c. 1015 CE / 330–406 AH). The Imam, a leading authority on kalam and usul, the transmitter of Al-Ash`ari's school, an exper ...

(d. 406/1015), in which he gives a summary of the views, ideas and opinions of the

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Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (; 874–936 CE) was an Arab Muslim theologian known for being the eponymous founder of the Ash'ari school of kalam in Sunnism. Al-Ash'ari was notable for taking an intermediary position between the two diametrically ...

(d. 324/935), the theologian after whom the Ash'ari school of theology is named. This work is considered as one of the most important and essential sources of the

Ash'ari school Ash'arism (; ) is a school of theology in Sunni Islam named after Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, a Shāfiʿī jurist, reformer (''mujaddid''), and scholastic theologian, in the 9th–10th century. It established an orthodox guideline, based on ...

of Islamic theology.

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The work is a methodical exposition of the teaching of al-Ash'ari, written some sixty years after his death. It contains several topics on theological issues in

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, and other topics that are fundamentals in dialogue, such as demonstration, refutation, evidence and citation. Towards the end of the book is a chapter dedicated to the ethics of disputation (''adab al-jadal'').

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* Ibn Fūrak adopted al-Ash'ari's school of theology and was well informed of al-Ash'ari's views. This is because Ibn Fūrak learnt from two of al-Ash'ari's close companions and disciples, namely (d. ca. 370/980) and (d. 360s/970s or 370s/980s). In addition, he had recourse to all of al-Ash'ari's books.

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