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Every deep dive into the Māturīdī creed, sorted and searchable — from the proofs of divine attributes to the scholars who transmitted them.

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Biography - Part 2

Imām Abū Mansūr al-Māturīdī: His illustrious teachers and students

An examination of Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi's principal teachers and their transmission of Hanafi theology, law and piety from Imam Abu Hanifa via al-Shaybani's students.

12 min · Shaykh Issarar Hussain Al-Azhari · Jul 28, 2026

Biography - Part 1

Imām Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī: The foremost Imām of the Ahl al-Sunnah

A biographical study of Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, the codifier of Sunni creed in Transoxiana, assembling the sparse notices preserved by al-Nasafi, al-Zabidi and al-Kawthari.

11 min · Shaykh Issarar Hussain Al-Azhari · Jul 20, 2026