Abu al-Hasan al-Karaji
Abū al-Ḥasan al-Karājī (Arabic: أبو الحسن الكرجي) was a 12th-century Sunni Muslim scholar of the Shafi'i school of thought.
Biography
His full name, with patronymics, is Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Karajī, with the epithet al-Karajī indicating that he was from Karaj, Iran. He studied in Nishapur and Baghdad, where he received his ijazah and authorization to teach the Shafi'i jurisprduence. Al-Karaji was also a close companion of Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi, a leading scholar of the Shafi'i school in Baghdad. Al-Karaji died in the year 532 of the Islamic calendar, which is equivalent to 1137–1138 in the Gregorian calendar.
Creed
Abu al-Hasan al-Karaji adhered to the creed of Atharism, which was a minority in the Shafi'i school, as the majority of Shafi'ites at the time were Ash'ari, including Al-Karaji's companion Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi.
Al-Karaji reviewed and approved a treatise that was authored by his student Abd al-Rahman al-Sulaimi. This treatise served as a refutation of Mu'tazilism and the usage of foreign Greek elements into Islamic theology. Al-Karaji's signature of approval can be found on a reprinted version of this treatise as well.
See also
- List of Shafi'is
- List of Atharis