List of Prominent Ash'arite Scholars
- This article is about Prominent Ash'arite Scholars. For Ash'ari theological school, see Ash'arism.
Ash'arism or al-Ash'ariyya (Arabic:الأشعرية) is a theological school of Sunni Islam that is based on the theological ideas of Abu l-Hasan al-Ash'ari (b. 260/873-4 - d. 324/936). In the beginning of his scientific journey, He was Mu'tazili but after a while he was seeking a moderate way between radical rationalism of Mu'tazila and anti-rationalism of Ahl al-Hadith. His efforts resulted in acceptance of the ideas of Ahl al-Hadith along with rational explanation for them. Nowadays most of the Sunnis follow Ash'arism in theological creed.
Prominent Scholars
- Abu l-Hasan al-Ash'ari (b. 260/874 - d. 324/[[936 CE|936); who was from al-Ash'ari tribe and founded Ash'arism.
- Abu Bakr al-Baqillani
- 'Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi
- Abu l-Ma'ali 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah al-Juwayni
- 'Adud al-Din al-Iji
- Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani
- Al-Sayyid al-Sharif al-Jurjani
- 'Ala al-Din al-Qushji