Al-Ghazali (c. 1058-1111) was a Persian scholar of the Islamic Golden Age and a jurist of the Shafii school of Islamic jurisprudence, trained also in Ashari theology. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential jurisconsults, legal theoreticians, muftis, philosophers, theologians, logicians and mystics in Islamic history, and received the honorific title Hujjat al-Islam, Proof of Islam. His critique of Greek philosophy in The Incoherence of the Philosophers marked a major turn in Islamic thought, and his work The Revival of the Religious Sciences became one of the most widely read texts in the Islamic world after the Quran and hadith.
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RoleShafi'i Sunni Muslim Persian scholar and polymath 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
Field of LawLegal Philosophy and Jurisprudence 1 Role
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He is known as one of the most prominent and influential jurisconsults, legal theoreticians, muftis, philosophers, theologians, logicians and mystics in Islamic history.
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Al-Ghazali (c.
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Al-Ghazali, latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Persian scholar and polymath.
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Al-Ghazali (c. 1058-1111) was a Persian scholar of the Islamic Golden Age and a jurist of the Shafii school of Islamic jurisprudence, trained also in Ashari theology.
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Wikidata Q9546, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1111
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P570 (date of death): 1111-12-26
Wikidata Q9546, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Tus
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P20 (place of death): Tus
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c. 1058-19 December 1111), latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Persian scholar and polymath. He is known as one of the mos
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