Abu Bakr al-Samarqandi

Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Yamān al-Samarqandi was a Sunni-Hanafi scholar from Samarqand, who combined jurisprudence and theology. He paved the way for his compatriot Abu Mansur al-Maturidi. He opposed the emerging Karramiyya, an anthropomorphist sect.

Works

The sources mention the titles of four of his works:Kitab al-Anwar.Kitab al-I'tisam, was simply dedicated to hadith.Kitab al-Radd 'ala al-Karramiyya', a refutation of the Karramites. Kitab Ma'alim al-Din, the title of the book would seem to present the possibility of directly accessing theological discussions. But a look at the manuscript shows that the theme of the text is completely different. It is confined strictly to argumentation on questions of law, without a single word on theology. There is a manuscript of this book in Mashhad.

Abu Bakr died in the year 268/881–2 after presumably spending his entire life in his hometown of Samarqand.