Siraj al-Din al-Ushi


Siraj al-Din 'Ali b. 'Uthman al-Ushi al-Farghani (Arabic: سراج الدين علي بن عثمان الأوشي الفرغاني‎) was a Hanafi jurist, Maturidi theologian, hadith expert (muhaddith), Chief Judge or Supreme Judge (Qadi al-Qudah or 'Aqda al-Qudah as he was also called), and researcher who has ferreted out facts and established them (muhaqqiq).[1] He is probably best known for his work on a confession of faith in rhyme entitled al-Qasida al-Lamiyya fi al-Tawhid, also called Bad' al-Amali or from the opening words Qasidat Yaqulu al-'Abd.[2]

Siraj al-Din al-Ushi
سراج الدين الأوشي
TitleImam al-Haramayn
("the Imam of the two Sanctuaries")
Personal
Born
Osh,  Kyrgyzstan
Died575 A.H. = 1179–80 A.D.
ReligionIslam
Nationality Kyrgyzstan— Uzbekistan
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionTurkestan, Transoxiana (Central Asia)
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Main interest(s)Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Hadith studies
Notable work(s)Bad' al-Amali, Al-Fatawa al-Sirajiyyah
Muslim leader

Birth

He was born or lived in Osh (Ush), by the Ferghana Valley (Ush in today's Kyrgyzstan) and hence his demonym al-Ushi.[3]

Books

His well known writings include:[4]

  • Al-Fatawa al-Sirajiyyah (Arabic: الفتاوى السراجية‎).
  • Bad' al-Amali (Arabic: بدء الأمالي‎).
  • Ghurar al-Akhbar wa Durar al-Ash'ar (Arabic: غرر الأخبار ودرر الأشعار‎), abstract Nisab al-Akhbar li-Tadhkirat al-Akhyar (Arabic: نصاب الأخبار لتذكرة الأخيار‎), 1000 short traditions in 100 chapters.[5]

Death

He passed away at the end of the 6th /12th century,[6] after 569 AH (1173/4 AD), specifically in 575/1179–80.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Al-Fatawa al-Sirajiyyah Arabic Hanafi Fiqh, Siraj ad-Din AL-Ushi". Kitaabun Books-Classical and Contemporary Muslim and Islamic Books.
  2. "Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936)". Brill Online Reference Works.
  3. "Bad' al-Amali (Islamic Creed): English Translation of a Classical Text on Sunni Creed". Amazon.com.
  4. "Al-Fatawa al-Sirajiyyah Arabic Hanafi Fiqh, Siraj ad-Din AL-Ushi". Kitaabun Books-Classical and Contemporary Muslim and Islamic Books.
  5. Carl Brockelmann (2016). History of the Arabic Written Tradition, Volume 1. Brill Publishers. p. 482. ISBN 9789004326262.
  6. Edited by Kevin Reinhart, and Robert Gleave (2014). Islamic Law in Theory: Studies on Jurisprudence in Honor of Bernard Weiss. Brill Publishers. p. 173. ISBN 9789004265196.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  7. "Bad' al-Amali : English". Islam786books.com : Madani Propagation.
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