Abū Zayd al-Dabūsī; he is Abd Allāh, or Ubaid Allāh ibn Umar ibn ‘Īsa al-Dabūsi al-Bukhārī Hanafī al-Qadī (عبد الله أو عبيد الله بن عمر بن عيسى الدّبوسي البخاري الحنفي القاضي); a founding jurist and most eminent scholar of the Hanafī school in the eleventh century.[citation needed] His reputation for learning was proverbial. He established the science of dialectics supporting his analysis and argument on examples extracted from scripture. He composed several taalīkas.[n 1] Among his writings were Asrār ('Mysteries')[n 2] and the Takwīm lil Adilla (‘system of demonstrations’) [n 3]. Ad-Dabūsi died in the city of Bukhara in 430 AH / 1038–9.
Abu Zayd al-Dabusi | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1038/39 |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | Asrār ('Mysteries'), Takwīm lil Adilla (‘System of demonstrations’), Taalīkas. |
| Notable ideas | dialectics |
| Influenced | Salah al-Dīn al-Ṣafadi |
The name Dabūsi derives from the town Dabūsiya, which lies between Bukhāra and Samarkand, and from where a number of scholars hailed. [1]
Sources
editKitāb Wafayāt al-Ayān (وفيات الأعيان) by Ibn Khallikān (ابن خلكان); vol.II, p. 28
Al-Bidayah wa’l-Nihāyat (البداية والنهاية) by Ibn Kathīr (ابن كثير) vol.12, p. 46
Shuḍrāt al-ḍahab (شذرات الذهب) by Ibn al-‘Amād al-Hanbali (ابن العماد) vol.3, p. 245
Al-Fawā’id al-Baḥīa (الفوائد البهية) by Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi (لكنوي) p. 109
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ Khallikān (Ibn) 1843, p. 28, II.
- Khallikān (Ibn) (1843). Ibn Khallikan’s Biographical Dictionary (translated from Kitāb Wafayāt al-Ayān). Translated by MacGuckin de Slane, William. Paris & London: Allen & Co.