Abu Al-Qasim Al-Ansari

al-Anṣārī, Abū l-Qāsim Salmān b. Nāṣir b. 'Imrān al-Arghiyānī al-Nīsābūrī al-Ṣūfī al-Shāfi'ī , commonly known as Abu al-Qasim al-Ansari, was a Persian Sunni scholar known for being an Ash'arite theologian, Shafi'i jurist, traditionist, scriptural exegete and mystic during the Islamic Golden Age. He was the famous pupil of Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni and greatly influenced by him, as can be seen by his own theological writings. He was referred to as Sayf al-Nazr .

Name

Al-Ansari's full name was "Salman bin Nasser bin Imran bin Muhammad bin Ismail bin Ishaq bin Yazid bin Ziyad bin Maymoon bin Mahran, Abu al-Qasim, Ansari al-Nisaburi". Some of those who translated Al-Ansari disagreed with this designation, instead used "Suleiman" in the place of "Salman". Perhaps this is due to a misrepresentation in the copies of the books in which it was mentioned that he was named after Solomon. Due to the large number of people who called him "Salman" from those who translated for him, as well as the closeness of the two names in form, the two names were mixed up during the translation. There is an anecdote that confirms his name to be Salman from records of Ibn Qadi Shahba , in which it was mentioned that al-Ansari personally corrected his name in the sentence: "Salman opened the Seine" .

Teachers Al-Ansari also spent time serving and learning from the following scholars: Some of the sources specified that he died in the month of Jumada II (the 6th month of the Islamic calendar). In contrary, a number of accounts, such as the ones made by Al-Dhahabi, Al-Suyuti and Ahmed bin Muhammad al-Adnroy claimed that Al-Ansari died in the year 511 AH (1117 CE) instead.

His studies Al-Ansari had compiled materials from several imams concerning the Usul al-Din (principles of faith). In his work Al-Ghaniat fi al-Kalam and Al-Ghaniyaa Dariyyah, he also weighted the authenticity of many hadiths, including the ones on: Inference to the world event; The eternity of divine attributes; The invalidity of the sayings of Al-Dahriya, who said that the world was old; Prohibition of contemplating Allah and commanding contemplation of his creatures; Prohibition of saying that Allah is equal with other deities.

Out of the hadiths that Al-Ansari examined in the theology section of his book Al-Ghaniyaa Dariyyah, he said that 88 hadiths can be attributed to Muhammad, and 44 were sayings from the companions and followers of Muhammad.

Works Al-Ghaniat fi al-kalam Sharh al-Irshad Sharh al-Ghaniat fi Furue al-Shaafieiat Liabn Sirij , which was attributed to Al-Ansari by Ḥājjī Khalīfa in Kashf al-Zunun Kitab al-Taharat fi al-Fiqh Kitab al-Dahaya Kitab fi al-Tafsir