Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra' explained

Religion:	Islam
Era:	Golden Age of Islam
al-Qāḍī
Birth Date:	380 A.H / 990 C.E.
Death Date:	458 A.H / 1066 C.E.
Denomination:	Sunni
School:	Hanbali
Creed:	Athari^[1]
Main Interests:	Fiqh, Aqidah, principles of Islamic jurisprudence
Works:	al-Mu'tamad Fī Usūl al-Dīn, al-Aḥkām al-Sulṭāniyya, Ibtal al-Tawilat
Influences:	Ahmad ibn Hanbal al-Barbahari
Influenced:	Ibn Taymiyyah^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Works

al-Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā authored many works, including:

• Kitāb al-Muʿtamad fī Uṣūl al-Dīn
• al-Aḥkām al-Sulṭāniyya
• Ibṭāl al-Taʾwīlāt li-Aḫbār al-Sifāt
• al-ʿUdda fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh

See also

• Hanbali
• List of Islamic scholars

Notes and References

1. Book: S. Islam, Adem Eryiğit, Jaan, Adem. Islam and the State in Ibn Taymiyya: Translation and Analysis . Routledge. 2022 . 978-1-032-13183-2. 5: The Compiled Fatwas, the Prophetic Way against the Shiʿites, and “Islamic Governance” on the Importance of Islamic Government . 605 Third Avenue, New York, USA. 182.
2. Maevskaya . Ludmila . Aga . Khaisam Muhammad . Abu Ya’la ibn al-Farra’ (990-1066 CE) and the influence of his ideas on the formation of the views of Ibn Taymiyyah (1263-1328 CE) . Pharos Journal of Theology . 105(3) . 10.46222/pharosjot.105.31 . 2414-3324. free .
3. Book: S. Islam, Adem Eryiğit, Jaan, Adem. Islam and the State in Ibn Taymiyya: Translation and Analysis . Routledge. 2022 . 978-1-032-13183-2. 5: The Compiled Fatwas, the Prophetic Way against the Shiʿites, and “Islamic Governance” on the Importance of Islamic Government . 605 Third Avenue, New York, USA. 182.
4. Abdul Azeez. Yusuf. Shah Suratman. Azmi. Salamon. Hussin. Awang. Ramli. Al-Qāḍī Abū Ya'lā: thoughts and influence on the development of legal theory of Islamic civilization and sciences of jurisprudence. UMRAN – International Journal of Islamic and Civilizational Studies. 2014. 1. 1. 20 March 2016.