Ibn Furak (about 941 to 1015) was an Imam and a leading authority on kalam and usul, a transmitter of al-Ash'ari's school, an expert in Arabic language, grammar, and poetry, an orator, a jurist, and a hadith master of the Shafi'i school in the tenth century.
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Field of LawIslamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) 1 Role
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1. Wikidata: Ibn Furak
Wikidata Q12177901, occupation/position claims
occupation/position claim resolves to: Jurist
Wikidata Q12177901, P101 field of work claim
P101 (field of work): fiqh
Wikidata Q12177901, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 941
Wikidata Q12177901, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1015
Wikidata Q12177901, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Isfahan
Wikidata Q12177901, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Nishapur
View the Source2. Ibn Furak (Wikipedia)
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He studied the Ash'ari theology under Abu al-Hasan al-Bahili along with Al-Baqillani and Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini in Basra and Baghdad, and also prophetic traditions under 'Abd Allah bin Ja'far al-Isbahani.
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