Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Isbahani , known as Ibn Furak ( Arabic: إبن فوراك ; 941 , prob. Isfahan, modern Iran - 1015 , unknown.) - Islamic theologian, traditionalist, Shafi'it, representative of the Asharite school of Kalam .
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Biography
His full name is Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Furak al-Ansari al-Isbahani. Born around 941. Judging by his nisba, he was probably from the city of Isfahan. Studied in Basra and Baghdad . He studied asharite kalam under the leadership of Abu al-Hassan al-Bahili, together with al-Bakillani and al-Isfaraini . Hadithology was studied under the supervision of a direct student of Abu-al-Hassan al-Ashari (d. 936 ) Abdullah ibn Jafar al-Isbahani, of which little is known [1] . From Iraq, he first went to Rey , and then in 982–983 he was invited by the emir to Nishapur as a teacher. In Nishapur, a madrasah was built for him near the Sufi monastery ( khanaka ) al-Busanji. Was in Nishapur until the death of Sufi Abu Usman al-Maghribi ( 983 g.) [2] . He died of poisoning in 1015, returning to Ghazna , where he was summoned by Sultan Mahmud Ghaznevi (971-1030) [3] .
In the debate about attributes, ibn Furak took an anti-anthropomorphic position, believing that anthropomorphic terms can be applied to God only allegorically, and God himself should be understood as transcendental [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Nguyen, M., 2017 .
- ↑ Watt, W. Montgomery, 1986 .
- ↑ 1 2 Wolf M.N., 2008 , p. 80.
Literature
- Wolf M.N. Medieval Arabic Philosophy: Asharite Kalam . - Novosibirsk: NSU, 2008 .-- 152 p.
- Ibn Fūrak / Watt, W. Montgomery // Encyclopaedia of Islam . 2 ed . - Leiden: EJ Brill , 1986. - T. 3. (pl.)
- Nguyen, M. Ibn Fūrak, Abū Bakr Muḥammad // Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE / Edited by: K. Fleet, G. Krämer, D. Matringe, J. Nawas, E. Rowson. - 2017.