Abū 'Alī Muḥammad al-Jubbā'ī ( ar, أبو على محمد الجبائي; died c. 915) was an
Arab
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Mu'tazili influenced
theologian
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and
philosopher of the 10th century. Born in
Khuzistan
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, he studied in
Basra
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where he trained
Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari
Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī (; full name: ''Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Isḥāq al-Ashʿarī''; c. 874–936 CE/260–324 AH), often reverently referred to as Imām al-Ashʿarī by Sunnī Muslims, was an Arab Muslim scholar ...
, who went on to found his own theological tradition, and his son
Abū Hāshīm al-Jubbā'ī.
[''The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy'', Volume II, ed. Robert Passnau (2010), p.918]
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Philosophers from the Abbasid Caliphate
9th-century births
910s deaths
Jubba'i
People from Khuzestan Province
10th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
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