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Three Creeds / ʿAqīdah
One of the recognised theological methodologies of ʾAhlu-s-Sunnah wa l-Jamāʿah, articulated and systematised by ʾAbū-l-Ḥasan al-ʾAs͟hʿarī رحمه الله in defence of the creed of the Salaf and the transmitted foundations of ʾIslām.
Founder
ʾAbū-l-Ḥasan al-ʾAs͟hʿarī (d. 324 AH)
Historical Setting
Baṣrah and the wider debates of the 3rd-4th century AH
Historic Reach
ʿIrāq, Persia, the Levant, North Africa, and al-Andalus
Madhhab Affiliation
Primarily Shāfiʿī and Mālikī, with adoption among many Ḥanafīs and some Ḥanbalīs
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