4. The Ḥanafī Roots of the Māturīdī Madhhab
Ḥanafī Māturīdīsm - Trajectories of a Theological Legacy, with a Study and Critical Edition of al-Khabbāzī’s Kitāb al-Hādī - Ayedh S. Aldosari
Ayedh S. Aldosari [+ ]
Ayedh S. Aldosari is Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion in the Department of Islamic Studies at King Saud University, Riyadh. His specialist field is Comparative religion and theological thought (Kalam). He has a BA in Islamic Theology and an MA in Theology both from King Saud University. He recently completed his PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, UK. He is the author of numerous publications, including Ibn Taymiyya and the Other, Thus spoke Ibn Taymiyyah, and The Creed of Al Haqiqa Al Mohamadia.
Description
Chapter Four forms a critical and analytical study of the roots of the creedal school of al-Māturīdī and the relationship to Abū Ḥanīfa and his disciples, as well as the overall relation to the Ḥanafī juristic school in terms of creed. It also considers whether the Māturīdite school is a natural extension of the Ḥanafīte school in creed as reported from Abū Ḥanīfa and his disciples, or if it is rather a departure from their approach. This chapter also discusses the creedal heritage of al-Ṭaḥāwī and al-Māturīdī as they both belong to the Ḥanafite madhhab in terms of Fiqh and each claimed to be, or was described by followers as, the legitimate representative of the creed of Abū Ḥanīfa.