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Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī, Ashʿarism, and the Politics of a Phrase: A Case Study in Historiographical Anachronism

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By Ilyass Amharar Framing the Question This third essay in our series on the early encounters between Mālikism and Ashʿarism focuses on perhaps the most contested figure in the debate over their historical relationship: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (d. 386/996), universally recognized as one of the greatest authorities in the history of the Mālikī legal tradition.[1] Nicknamed al-Mālik al-ṣaghīr (Little Mālik) by his contemp…
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Islamic Law Blog broke the news on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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