Al-Ghazali
1058–1111 · Tus
About
Al-Ghazali, (Persian: ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد غزالی توسی, romanized: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ghazālī Ṭūsi, Latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Persian scholar
Sufi tradition
Sunni / Sufi synthesis
Persian, Arabic
Biography
Al-Ghazali, (Persian: ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد غزالی توسی, romanized: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ghazālī Ṭūsi, Latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Persian scholar and polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential jurisconsults, legal theoreticians, muftis, philosophers, theologians, logicians and mystics in Islamic history.
Teachings & topics
MysticismDivine loveRemembrance (dhikr)The heart
Lineage & relations
Teachers
Al-Juwayni
Teacher
Abū ‘Alī al-Fadl b. Muhammad al-Fāramidhī
Teacher
Notable students
Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
Student
Bibliography
- Abdul Rahman bin Auf2013 · PTS Publications & Distributors Sdn Bhd
- Alchemy of Happiness2003 · Independently Published
- Ihya ulum-id-din1986 · Taj Comp.
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