Al-Baqillani

Biography Born in Basra in 330 AH / 950 CE, He also studied jurisprudence under the Maliki scholar Ibn Abi Zayd and the Shāfiʿī scholar Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Shīrāzī.

Because of his debating skill, the Amir 'Adud al-Dawla dispatched him as an envoy to the Byzantine court in Constantinople, where he debated Christian scholars in the presence of their king in 371/981. He debated and defeated multiple Christian theologians on matters pertaining to the differences between Islam and Christianity.

Death He died in 403 AH / 1013 CE. "This is the Helper of the Sunnah (of the prophet PBUH) and the Religion (of Almighty God)! This is the Imam (Leader) of Muslims! This is the Defender of the Sharia (Divine Law)! This is the one who authored 70 thousand pages (of Writings)!

Due to his prestige and high esteem, he was buried near the grave of the famous Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Baqillani's grave has become a place where thousands visit until today where they seek the blessings of Allah's mercy on him.

Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi said, "Imam al-Baqillani's nightly devotions and worship consisted of 40 cycles of prayer whether at home or while he was travelling away, after which he would write about 35 pages of textual knowledge, after which he would pray dawn prayer, and then he would pass on his writings to others in his circle to read out loud for proof-readings, verifying, and editing the texts."

Al-Inṣāf fīmā Yajib I'tiqāduh I‘jāz al-Qur’ān (The Inimitability of the Qur'an) Al-Intiṣār lil-Qur’ān Al-Taqrīb wal-Irshād aṣ-Ṣaghīr Kitāb Tamhīd al-Awāʼil wa-Talkhīṣ ad-Dalāʼil (The Introduction) Manāqib al-A’immah al-Arba‘ah Fadl al-Jihad Hidayat al-Mustarshidin Al-Ibana an Ibtal Muzhab Ahle al-Kufr wal-Dalala (Exposition of the Invalidity of the School of the Disbelief and Misguidance) Al-Istishhad Al-Kuffar wal-Muta'awwilin wa-Hukm al-Dar Al-Mulal wal-Nihal Al-Tabyin fi Adab al-Jidal Al-Tadil wal-Tajrih