Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra'

Abū Yaʿlā Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Ibn al-Farrāʾ (April 990 – 15 August 1066), commonly known as al-Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā or simply as Ibn al-Farrāʾ, was a Hanbali Jurist, Athari theologian.

Abu Ya'la was a scholar, judge, and one of the early Muslim jurists who played dynamic roles in formulating a systematic legal framework and constitutional theory on Islamic system of government during the first half of 11th century in Baghdad.

Works

al-Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā authored many works, including:

• Kitāb al-MuÊ¿tamad fÄ« Uṣūl al-DÄ«n
• al-Aḥkām al-Sulṭāniyya
• Ibṭāl al-TaʾwÄ«lāt li-Aḫbār al-Sifāt
• al-Ê¿Udda fÄ« Uṣūl al-Fiqh

See also

• Hanbali
• List of Islamic scholars

References