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.^[3]

Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra'
Title	al-Qāḍī, Rukn al-Madhhab (ركن المذهب) (Pillar of the Madhhab), Shaykh al-Hanabilah (شيخ الحنابلة) (Shaykh of the Hanabila)
Personal life
Born	380 A.H / 990 C.E.
Died	458 A.H / 1066 C.E.
Era	Golden Age of Islam
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Aqidah, principles of Islamic jurisprudence
Notable work(s)	al-Mu'tamad Fī Usūl al-Dīn, al-Aḥkām al-Sulṭāniyya, Ibtal al-Tawilat
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
School	Hanbali
Creed	Athari[1]
Muslim leader
Influenced by Ahmad ibn Hanbal al-Barbahari
Influenced Ibn Taymiyyah,[2] virtually all later Hanbali scholars.

Abu Ya'la was a Mujtahid 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